"Too long shut in strait and few, Thinly Dieted on dew, I will use the world, and sift it, To a thousand humors shift it, As you spin a cherry.
"The Three Heron's Feathers"
Hermann Sudermann
Strong and weak constitutions proved equally incapable of resistance, all alike being swept away, although Dieted with the utmost precaution.
"The History of the Peloponnesian War"
Thucydides
No; though Ferrers himself was a most scientific epicure, and held the luxury of the palate at the highest possible price, he Dieted his friends on what he termed "respectable fare."
"Ernest Maltravers, Complete"
Edward Bulwer-Lytton