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... to compare and check the results of my Phrenological speculations by the true and avowed biasses and attributes of character of those departed spirits , upon whom , like the ancient Egyptians , I passed 1825. ] 7 Defence of Phrenology .
... to compare and check the results of my Phrenological speculations by the true and avowed biasses and attributes of character of those departed spirits , upon whom , like the ancient Egyptians , I passed 1825. ] 7 Defence of Phrenology .
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... passed under my piercing and infallible scrutiny the indubitable indications of distinguished talent , of amiable biasses , and of pure and honourable purposes . And among its younger members , who have the felicity ( in the eye of the ...
... passed under my piercing and infallible scrutiny the indubitable indications of distinguished talent , of amiable biasses , and of pure and honourable purposes . And among its younger members , who have the felicity ( in the eye of the ...
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... passed , -the matron loveliness of the sorrowing Andromache , -the godlike bearing of a Hector , -the venerable age ... passing clouds , so to speak , but rather to lay hold , amid all his delightful wanderings , of the stable pillars of ...
... passed , -the matron loveliness of the sorrowing Andromache , -the godlike bearing of a Hector , -the venerable age ... passing clouds , so to speak , but rather to lay hold , amid all his delightful wanderings , of the stable pillars of ...
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... passed " Anent glebes and manses . " As there was still much confusion , arising from the want of a proper distinction between the respective provinces of the Civil and Ecclesiastical Courts , a commit- tee , consisting of the most ...
... passed " Anent glebes and manses . " As there was still much confusion , arising from the want of a proper distinction between the respective provinces of the Civil and Ecclesiastical Courts , a commit- tee , consisting of the most ...
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... passed this dangerous coast , than he heard the noise , and saw the swell- ing waves of Charybdis , and that he reached the Island of the Sun im- mediately after his escape from the terrors of that destructive whirl pool . It will be ...
... passed this dangerous coast , than he heard the noise , and saw the swell- ing waves of Charybdis , and that he reached the Island of the Sun im- mediately after his escape from the terrors of that destructive whirl pool . It will be ...
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