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... actions , so as to gain the good opinions of others . A deficiency of the organ is indicative of rudeness , recklessness , and depravity of conduct . When large , it is an omen of jealousy and envy . Cautiousness . This organ ...
... actions , so as to gain the good opinions of others . A deficiency of the organ is indicative of rudeness , recklessness , and depravity of conduct . When large , it is an omen of jealousy and envy . Cautiousness . This organ ...
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... actions of others may be subverted by the dictates of those who possess such a combination of faculties . Where the organ is small , the person will be unobserving , and incapable of forming correct estimates from appearances . This ...
... actions of others may be subverted by the dictates of those who possess such a combination of faculties . Where the organ is small , the person will be unobserving , and incapable of forming correct estimates from appearances . This ...
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... action in the part of summing - up ' the different evidences , from which deductions are made before the verdict is decided . And thus we may account for a large organ , and what is often m.staken for a want of corresponding power . It ...
... action in the part of summing - up ' the different evidences , from which deductions are made before the verdict is decided . And thus we may account for a large organ , and what is often m.staken for a want of corresponding power . It ...
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... action , that is , that it conducts the smoke . Again , Indi- viduality perceives a lion , while Eventuality perceives its operations or actions ; namely , that it sleeps , or that it eats , drinks , or that it walks or runs , as the ...
... action , that is , that it conducts the smoke . Again , Indi- viduality perceives a lion , while Eventuality perceives its operations or actions ; namely , that it sleeps , or that it eats , drinks , or that it walks or runs , as the ...
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... action the more necessary matter of fact faculties which give originality to our ideas , and provide safer foundations to build them upon . Persons who possess a weak degree of this faculty are not easily impressed by precept , and can ...
... action the more necessary matter of fact faculties which give originality to our ideas , and provide safer foundations to build them upon . Persons who possess a weak degree of this faculty are not easily impressed by precept , and can ...
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Página 37 - And a dew was distill'd from their flowers that gave All the fragrance of summer, when summer was gone. Thus memory draws from delight, ere it dies, , An essence that breathes of it many a year ; Thus bright to my soul, as 'twas then to my eyes, Is that bower on the banks of the calm Bendemeer...
Página 32 - Oh ! there are looks and tones that dart An instant sunshine through the heart, — As if the soul that minute caught Some treasure it through life had sought...
Página 9 - What conscience dictates to be done, Or warns me not to do, This, teach me more than hell to shun, That, more than Heaven pursue. What blessings Thy free bounty gives, Let me not cast away; For God is paid when man receives, T
Página 18 - Even those who dwell beneath its very zone, Or never feel the rage, or never own; What happier natures shrink at with affright, The hard inhabitant contends is right. Virtuous and vicious every man must be, Few in the extreme, but all in the degree; The rogue and fool by fits is fair and wise; And even the best by fits what they despise.
Página 37 - No voice, well known through many a day, To speak the last, the parting word, Which, when all other sounds decay, Is still like distant music heard ; — That tender farewell on the shore Of this rude world, when all is o'er, Which cheers the spirit, ere its bark Puts off into the unknown Dark.
Página 17 - ... the outward signs of a frivolous man and a witty man ; and we are not to expect that the majority will be disposed to look to much more than the outward sign. I believe the fact to be, that wit is very seldom the only eminent quality which resides in the mind of any man ; it is commonly accompanied by many other talents of every description, and ought to be considered as a strong evidence of a fertile and superior understanding. Almost all the great poets, orators, and statesmen of all times...
Página 36 - But really, sir, when we see a very sensible dog, we don't know what to think of him." Johnson, rolling with joy at the thought which beamed in his eye, turned quickly round, and replied, " True, sir : and when we see a very foolish fellow, we don't know what to think of him" He then rose up, strided to the fire, and stood for some time laughing and exulting.
Página 24 - A fig for those by law protected ! Liberty's a glorious feast ! Courts for cowards were erected, Churches built to please the priest.
Página 8 - THE wretch, condemn'd with life to part, Still, still on hope relies ; And every pang that rends the heart, Bids expectation rise. Hope, like the glimmering taper's light, Adorns and cheers the way ; And still, as darker grows the night, Emits a brighter ray.