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... tion to Mr. Colman , who offered to form an arrangement with me for carrying it into effect . I wrote to Mr. Combe for permission , who generously gave to me his " hearty consent . " Previously to concluding the foregoing arrangements ...
... tion to Mr. Colman , who offered to form an arrangement with me for carrying it into effect . I wrote to Mr. Combe for permission , who generously gave to me his " hearty consent . " Previously to concluding the foregoing arrangements ...
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... tion , on the physical constitution of man and its relations to the mind . ' These lectures were attended by overwhelming audiences . Mr. Combe's third course was commenced in Philadelphia , on the 4th of January , and ended on the 8th ...
... tion , on the physical constitution of man and its relations to the mind . ' These lectures were attended by overwhelming audiences . Mr. Combe's third course was commenced in Philadelphia , on the 4th of January , and ended on the 8th ...
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... tion he has afforded us , and our high appreciation of the doctrines he has so ably maintained . " Be it therefore , " Resolved , That we regard Phrenology as having its foundation in the truths of Nature , and as entitled in point of ...
... tion he has afforded us , and our high appreciation of the doctrines he has so ably maintained . " Be it therefore , " Resolved , That we regard Phrenology as having its foundation in the truths of Nature , and as entitled in point of ...
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... tion and superintendence its execution has thus far satisfactorily pro- gressed , and will doubtless be completed . The vase is of exquisite form , and contains fifty ounces of silver . On one side will be chased the heads of Dr. Gall ...
... tion and superintendence its execution has thus far satisfactorily pro- gressed , and will doubtless be completed . The vase is of exquisite form , and contains fifty ounces of silver . On one side will be chased the heads of Dr. Gall ...
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... tion was rejected as false , and scowled on as presumptuous ; so to demonstrate its truth , he took his opponents to the famous tower of Pisa , and let fall two weights from its sum- mit ; yet with the evidence of their eyes to the ...
... tion was rejected as false , and scowled on as presumptuous ; so to demonstrate its truth , he took his opponents to the famous tower of Pisa , and let fall two weights from its sum- mit ; yet with the evidence of their eyes to the ...
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Página 115 - Would he were fatter! but I fear him not: Yet if my name were liable to fear, I do not know the man I should avoid So soon as that spare Cassius. He reads much; He is a great observer, and he looks Quite through the deeds of men; he loves no plays, As thou dost, Antony; he hears no music...
Página 308 - For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods. And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; to every man according to his several ability; and straightway took his journey.
Página 212 - Written on thy works I read The lesson of thy own eternity. Lo ! all grow old and die — but see again, How on the faltering footsteps of decay Youth presses — ever gay and beautiful youth In all its beautiful forms.
Página 253 - Oft she rejects, but never once offends. « Bright as the sun, her eyes the gazers strike, And like the sun, they shine on all alike. Yet graceful ease, and sweetness void of pride, Might hide her faults, if belles had faults to hide : If to her share some female errors fall, Look on her face, and you'll forget 'em all.
Página 210 - Lo, the poor Indian ! whose untutored mind Sees GOD in clouds, or hears Him in the wind ; His soul proud science never taught to stray Far as the solar walk or Milky Way...
Página 308 - His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant : thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things ; enter thou into the joy of thy lord.
Página 210 - Yet simple Nature to his hope has given, Behind the cloud-topt hill, an humbler heaven; Some safer world in depth of woods embraced, Some happier island in the watery waste, Where slaves once more their native land behold, No fiends torment, no Christians thirst for gold. To Be, contents his natural desire, He asks no Angel's wing, no Seraph's fire; But thinks, admitted to that equal sky, His faithful dog shall bear him company.
Página 145 - No, the heart that has truly loved never forgets, But as truly loves on to the close ; As the sun-flower turns on her god, when he sets, The same look which she turned when he rose.
Página 115 - Let me have men about me that are fat; Sleek-headed men and such as sleep o' nights: Yond Cassius has a lean and hungry look; He thinks too much: such men are dangerous.
Página 253 - Favours to none, to all she smiles extends; Oft she rejects, but never once offends. Bright as the sun, her eyes the gazers strike, And, like the sun, they shine on all alike. Yet graceful ease, and sweetness void of pride, Might hide her faults, if belles had faults to...