take nourishment
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There is now a little more readiness to take nourishment.
From Time Magazine Archive
See two cases of patients who refused to take nourishment, Class III.
From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Darwin, Erasmus
Oh, Mr. Sydney, you should have more care of yourself, or I fear the day will come when you will dine no longer, but merely sit up and take nourishment.
From The King's Men A Tale of To-morrow by Grant, Robert
Two days and nights I had lain in a heavy sleep; now they had by force to prevent me from rising from bed, and had to compel me to take nourishment and submit to nursing.
From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Masterpieces of German Literature Vol. 19 by Various
Give my compliments to the worthy gentleman, who will not permit his child to eat from the broad dish, because his own mouth is formed to take nourishment from the narrow bottle.
From The Children of the World by Heyse, Paul
