"What vial and what balsam is that?" said Sancho Panza.
"It is a balsam," answered Don Quixote, "the receipt of which I have in my memory, with which one need have no fear of death, or dread dying of any wound; and so when I make it and give it to thee thou hast nothing to do when in some battle thou seest they have cut me in half through the middle of the body- as is wont to happen frequently,- but neatly and with great nicety, ere the blood congeal, to place that portion of the body which shall have fallen to the ground upon the other half which remains in the saddle, taking care to fit it on evenly and exactly.
But let us leave that to its own time; see if thou hast anything for us to eat in those alforjas, because we must presently go in quest of some castle where we may lodge to-night and make the balsam I told thee of, for I swear to thee by God, this ear is giving me great pain."
Yet such was the virtue of Miriam's
balsam, or such the strength of Ivanhoe's constitution, that he did not sustain from the hurried journey that inconvenience which his kind physician had apprehended.
On the following morning at five o'clock D'Artagnan arose, and descending to the kitchen without help, asked, among other ingredients the list of which has not come down to us, for some oil, some wine, and some rosemary, and with his mother's recipe in his hand composed a
balsam, with which he anointed his numerous wounds, replacing his bandages himself, and positively refusing the assistance of any doctor, D'Artagnan walked about that same evening, and was almost cured by the morrow.
Snagsby, touched by the spectacle before him, immediately lays upon the table half a crown, that magic
balsam of his for all kinds of wounds.
North Country residents wonder whether redeveloping the
Balsams Grand Resort will recreate its elegant past and be the catalyst for a world-class outdoor economy they desperately need in the Great North Woods.
The doors of The
Balsams Grand Resort Hotel in Dixville Notch remain shut, and a few buildings have fallen to demolition crews.
Eczematous allergy to
balsams, allied perfumes and flavouring agents, with special reference to
balsam of Peru.
Several experts in tax increment financing say a bill before the NH Legislature that
Balsams developer Les Otten calls crucial for saving the shuttered resort has some odd twists that could undermine its success.
If you paint a winter wonderland setting in your mind, you'll picture The
Balsams, one of the grandest of the grand hotels.
The bid for a $28 million loan guarantee from the NH Business Finance Authority to help in the redevelopment of the
Balsams Resort has been withdrawn over a disagreement over what kind of conditions would be required to receive it.
The decision to withdraw it is the result of conditions for the loan guarantee put forward by the BFA that "do not allow SCU and the
Balsams to proceed" with the application, according to the press release.
More than 120 families and individuals have made a 5 percent refundable deposit toward the purchase of a unit in the first structures to be renovated as part of the $170 million
Balsams restoration and expansion plan.
Too often I had read negative news articles or heard from naysayers that, "the
Balsams is taking too long" or "that it's not going to happen." What a welcome this demonstrates to a man who did not need to do this, but took it on because it was the right thing to do!
