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" Laugh and grow fat" is an old adage ; and Sterne tells us, that every time a man laughs, he adds something to his life. An eccentric philosopher, of the last century, used to say, that he liked not only to laugh himself, but to see laughter, and to hear... "
Reminiscences ...: With Memoirs of His Late Father and Friends, [etc]. - Page 490
by Henry Charles William Angelo - 1828
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The Lady's Magazine: Or, Entertaining Companion for the Fair Sex ...

1829 - 696 pages
...that he liked not only to laugh himself, but to see and hear laughter. ' Laughter, Sir, is good for health ; it is a provocative to the appetite, and a friend to digestion. Dr. Sydenham, Sir, said that the arrival of a merry-andrew in a town was more beneficial to the health...
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The Quarterly Journal of Science, Literature and Art, Volume 26

1828 - 492 pages
...liked not only to laugh himself, but to see laughter, and to hear laughter. " Laughter, sir, laughter is good for the health ; it is a provocative to the appetite, and a friend to digestion. Dr. Sydenham, sir, said the arrival of a merryandrew in a town was more beneficial to the health of...
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The Extractor; or Universal repertorium of literature, science ..., Volume 1

1829 - 762 pages
...liked not only to laugh himself, but to see laughter, and to hear laughter. " Laughter, Sir, laughter is good for the health ; it is a provocative to the appetite, and a friend to digestion. Dr. Sydenham, Sir, said the arrival of a merryandrew in a town was more beneficial to the health of...
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Comments on Corpulency: Lineaments of Leanness, Mems on Diet and Dietetics

William Wadd - 1829 - 208 pages
...only to laugh himself, but to see laughter, and hear laughter. " Laughter, Sir, laughter is good for health ; it is a provocative to the appetite, and a friend to digestion. Dr. Sydenham, Sir, said the arrival of a merry-andrew in a town was more beneficial to the health of...
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Reminiscences of Henry Angelo: With Memoirs of His Late Father and ..., Volume 1

Henry Angelo - 1830 - 564 pages
...who had two lovely daughters, " who," Barry politely told the mamma, " were inferior 490 LACGHTEU. to the Graces only in number," and which the mamma...proclaim in that royal lying periodical, the Gazette Rvtraordinary, what old Docthor Sydenham said, namely, that ' the arrival of a merry-andrew in a town...
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The Humourist's Own Book: A Cabinet of Original and Selected Anecdotes, Bon ...

Author of The young man's own book - 1836 - 322 pages
...that he liked not only to laugh himself, but to see and to hear laughter. " Laughter, sir, laughter is good for the health — it is a provocative to the appetite, and a friend to digestion. Dr. Sydenham, sir, said the arrival of a Merry Andrew in a town, was more beneficial to the health...
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Chambers's Edinburgh Journal

1848 - 874 pages
...that he liked not only to laugh himself, but to see laughter and hear laughter. Laughter is good for health ; it is a provocative to the appetite, and a friend to digestion. Dr Sydenham said the arrival of a merry-andrew in a town was more beneficial to the lie.ilth of the...
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Woodworth's Youth's Cabinet, Volume 4

1853 - 308 pages
...that he liked not only to laugh himself, but to see laughter and hear laughter. Laughter is good for health; it is a provocative to the appetite, and a friend to digestion. Dr. Sydenham said the arrival of a merry-andrew in a town was more beneficial to the health of the...
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