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... characters , we shall obtain full conviction that the degrees of mind exist in proportion to the development of the brain ; and that where there is an abundance or a deficiency of the one , there will be the same of the other . FOOLISH ...
... characters , we shall obtain full conviction that the degrees of mind exist in proportion to the development of the brain ; and that where there is an abundance or a deficiency of the one , there will be the same of the other . FOOLISH ...
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... character be substituted for the dry and elaborate treatise . This clearly proves that the same faculties are not engaged in both species of mental exercise : hence different organs . It is a law of Nature that the physical organs ...
... character be substituted for the dry and elaborate treatise . This clearly proves that the same faculties are not engaged in both species of mental exercise : hence different organs . It is a law of Nature that the physical organs ...
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... character , it is advisable not to treat of each power separately , because , one is sometimes influenced by another ; for example , persons with large Sodality would be expected to be very friendly , but perhaps not appear so , because ...
... character , it is advisable not to treat of each power separately , because , one is sometimes influenced by another ; for example , persons with large Sodality would be expected to be very friendly , but perhaps not appear so , because ...
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... character to be fixed , deter- mined . and resolute ; when small . a want of that power which enables us to contend with difficulties . Its abuse leads to obstinacy and stubbornness ; and when accompanied with large Destructiveness ...
... character to be fixed , deter- mined . and resolute ; when small . a want of that power which enables us to contend with difficulties . Its abuse leads to obstinacy and stubbornness ; and when accompanied with large Destructiveness ...
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... character , with an antipathy for refinement . Its excess builds imaginary regions , and there dwells to the neglect of the duties aud realities of life . In CHEYNE'S Philosophical Principles we find the following passage : - There is a ...
... character , with an antipathy for refinement . Its excess builds imaginary regions , and there dwells to the neglect of the duties aud realities of life . In CHEYNE'S Philosophical Principles we find the following passage : - There is a ...
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A. L. VAGO abuse actions Alexander Pope Anatomy Andrew Millar animals Atheism become developed Benevolence body CAPTAIN COOK Casts cause character Coloured connexion constitute the soul death delightful deny different organs different persons disease duty endowments evil exercise existence fact favour feelings fool found large geniuses George Combe give GRAY'S INN ROAD head human Hydrocephalus Idiot immortal Intellectual Johnson judge known LORD BYRON matter mental faculties mind and brain Moral Sentiments Murderer muscles nature never observing organ denotes organ is large organ moderately developed ourselves Paine parents perhaps Philoprogenitiveness Philosopher Phrenology Poet Pope possess predestined Price plain principles privy counsellor propensity proper proposition prove punishments reason remarkable REYNELL ridiculous Robert Burns Samuel Johnson sense shape shepherd shows Sidney Smith Sir Isaac Newton skull Sodality suppose teach tell temperament things Thomas Paine true truth witty Wonder wrong
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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.