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In some places, across the chest and shoulders and down the outside of the arms and thighs, it was matted into almost a thick fur.
They cut out the thigh bones all in due course, wrapped them round in two layers of fat, and set some pieces of raw meat on the top of them; then Nestor laid them upon the wood fire and poured wine over them, while the young men stood near him with five-pronged spits in their hands.
"Now," thought the Sheriff, "could I but persuade Robin nigh to Nottingham Town so that I could find him, I warrant I would lay hands upon him so stoutly that he would never get away again." Then of a sudden it came to him like a flash that were he to proclaim a great shooting match and offer some grand prize, Robin Hood might be overpersuaded by his spirit to come to the butts; and it was this thought which caused him to cry "Aha!" and smite his palm upon his thigh.
"Then," quoth the Sheriff, smiting his thigh angrily, "yon knave is a coward as well as a rogue, and dares not show his face among good men and true."
Though alone against all and with a wound in his thigh, Bicarat wished to hold out; but Jussac, who had risen upon his elbow, cried out to him to yield.
"Sir," replied the wounded man, "believe me, there is no time to lose; the ball has broken the thigh bone and entered the intestines."
With this, and with my aid, Hands bound up the great bleeding stab he had received in the thigh, and after he had eaten a little and had a swallow or two more of the brandy, he began to pick up visibly, sat straighter up, spoke louder and clearer, and looked in every way another man.
That night master and man passed out in the fields in the open air, and the next day as they were pursuing their journey they saw coming towards them a man on foot with alforjas at the neck and a javelin or spiked staff in his hand, the very cut of a foot courier; who, as soon as he came close to Don Quixote, increased his pace and half running came up to him, and embracing his right thigh, for he could reach no higher, exclaimed with evident pleasure, "O Senor Don Quixote of La Mancha, what happiness it will be to the heart of my lord the duke when he knows your worship is coming back to his castle, for he is still there with my lady the duchess!"
SAN DIEGO -- Application of Spa MD Anti-Cellulite Cream effectively reduced cellulite of the thighs in 59% of patients who received the cream without occlusion and in 65% of patients who received it with occlusion, results from a small trial suggest.
Pros of exercise: Fitness experts contend that the most effective, most reliable, and in the end, most rewarding way to tone your thighs is by working out and eating right.
Look straight ahead with a "big chest" and squat to position where the thighs come approximately parallel to the floor.
Pull your heels toward your groin as much as possible, hold your ankles, and press down on your thighs with your elbows.
* Proximal neuropathy causes pain in the thighs, hips, or buttocks and leads to weakness in the legs.
Perhaps the natural course of aging or childbirth has taken it's toll, and those fatty deposits around the eyes, waist and thighs no longer respond to dieting or exercise.