Statistics.--From an examination of 28 cases of spontaneous combustion, Jacobs makes the following summary:--
(1) It has always occurred in the human living body. (2) The subjects were generally old persons. (3) It was noticed more frequently in women than in men. (4) All the persons were alone at the time of occurrence. (5) They all led an idle life. (6) They were all corpulent or intemperate. (7) Most frequently at the time of occurrence there was a light and some ignitible substance in the room. (8) The combustion was rapid and was finished in from one to seven hours.英文原著 · 《Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine》
Grasping the edge of the table with his trembling hands, the old man pulled, and, with Farney heaving him behind, attained his feet. He stood about five feet ten, and weighed fully fourteen stone; not corpulent, but very thick all through; his round and massive head alone would have outweighed a baby. With eyes shut, he seemed to be trying to get the better of his own weight, then he moved with the slowness of a barnacle towards the door. The secretary, watching him, thought: 'Marvellous old chap! How he gets about by himself is a miracle! And he can't retire, they say-lives on his fees!'英文原著 · 《Five Tales》
Within thirty feet of the turf-sided road, my chimney--a huge, corpulent old Harry VIII of a chimney--rises full in front of me and all my possessions. Standing well up a hillside, my chimney, like Lord Rosse's monster telescope, swung vertical to hit the meridian moon, is the first object to greet the approaching traveler's eye, nor is it the last which the sun salutes. My chimney, too, is before me in receiving the first-fruits of the seasons. The snow is on its head ere on my hat; and every spring, as in a hollow beech tree, the first swallows build their nests in it.英文原著 · 《I and My Chimney》
I am not corpulent, nor am I robust in any way. At birth I only weighed 4 ?pounds with my clothes on--and the clothes were the chief feature of the weight, too, I am obliged to confess. But I am doing finely, all things considered. I was at a standstill for 3 days and a half, but during the last 24 hours I have gained nearly an ounce, avoirdupois.英文原著 · 《Letters Vol. 2》
Presently an official strolled in from another department. He was a middle-aged, corpulent, and cheerful-looking man, dressed in gaudy coloured tissue, on which all manner of strange birds were depicted. He was bursting with news.英文原著 · 《Orpheus in Mayfair and Other》
Simon's father and mother say a pleasant word to the bride, and pass on. And here comes a great fat woman, whose tongue flies like the shuttle in a loom. Well, it is the captain's mother. Since her son has been prosperous, she has had an easy time of it, and has grown very corpulent.英文原著 · 《Poor and Proud》
a corpulent infant with which the masses have greedily procreated.美剧 · 《White Collar》