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... thought , the palace of the Soul . " POPE also , in speaking of the head , says : - " That noble seat of thought . " And an Anonymous Author writes : - " In that small world , the Brain , each virtue claims " Her own fair mansion ...
... thought , the palace of the Soul . " POPE also , in speaking of the head , says : - " That noble seat of thought . " And an Anonymous Author writes : - " In that small world , the Brain , each virtue claims " Her own fair mansion ...
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... thought if it were not for such a propensity men would never become crafty or deceitful , and therefore would never require its aid to guard against such evils that result from its abuse . ] Secre- tiveness also enables us to conceal ...
... thought if it were not for such a propensity men would never become crafty or deceitful , and therefore would never require its aid to guard against such evils that result from its abuse . ] Secre- tiveness also enables us to conceal ...
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... thought proper to show it by riding on the foot - path . Meeting a plain , farmer - looking man , he imperiously ordered him to get out of the way . " Sir , " said the other , " I don't under- stand this ; I am upon the foot - path ...
... thought proper to show it by riding on the foot - path . Meeting a plain , farmer - looking man , he imperiously ordered him to get out of the way . " Sir , " said the other , " I don't under- stand this ; I am upon the foot - path ...
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... thoughts of a person from the ex- pression of their countenance . Its function is to form an estimate of every object that shows itself , whether animate or inanimate . Where the organ is large , without politeness , there will be a ...
... thoughts of a person from the ex- pression of their countenance . Its function is to form an estimate of every object that shows itself , whether animate or inanimate . Where the organ is large , without politeness , there will be a ...
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... thoughts as to where the bread and where the butter should be placed , or how the pictures should hang : but by the arranging of our ideas and plans , or in placing this or that precept first or last , so that it may appear orderly and ...
... thoughts as to where the bread and where the butter should be placed , or how the pictures should hang : but by the arranging of our ideas and plans , or in placing this or that precept first or last , so that it may appear orderly and ...
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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.