Nobody could catch cold by the sea; nobody wanted appetite by the sea; nobody wanted spirits; nobody wanted strength. Sea air was healing, softening, relaxing - fortifying and bracing - seemingly just as was wanted - sometimes one, sometimes the other. If the sea breeze failed, the seabath was the certain corrective; and where bathing disagreed, the sea air alone was evidently designed by nature for the cure.
Jane AustenNot very good, I am afraid. But now really, do not you think Udolpho the nicest book in the world?" "The nicestโby which I suppose you mean the neatest. That must depend upon the binding.
Jane Austen