I have seen some of them swallow sand, ashes, and do their utmost to d… — Essays

Essays — Michel de Montaigne

I have seen some of them swallow sand, ashes, and do their utmost to destroy their stomachs to get pale complexions. To make a fine Spanish body, what racks will they not endure of girding and bracing, till they have notches in their sides cut into the very quick, and sometimes to death?

Lugar: CHAPTER XL · ¶1337
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