The Edinburgh Magazine and Literary Miscellany, Volume 95Archibald Constable and Company, 1825 |
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... truth , that our strongest biasses and fondest predilections frequently owe their first impulse and growth to some seemingly - remote and uncon- nected circumstances of accident . To some influences of this kind I owe it that I first ...
... truth , that our strongest biasses and fondest predilections frequently owe their first impulse and growth to some seemingly - remote and uncon- nected circumstances of accident . To some influences of this kind I owe it that I first ...
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... truth without restraint , to occupy and engross my whole soul . I am not desirous of diversifying my studies , lest , while I might seem to divide , I should perhaps enfeeble the strength of my mental energies ; I would wish to ...
... truth without restraint , to occupy and engross my whole soul . I am not desirous of diversifying my studies , lest , while I might seem to divide , I should perhaps enfeeble the strength of my mental energies ; I would wish to ...
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... truth , as the rapid precision with which they are given . Were , Sir , an untutored Indian to behold me engaged in this divine and exhilarating study , with some dozen or two of skulls before me , over which I occasionally darted my ...
... truth , as the rapid precision with which they are given . Were , Sir , an untutored Indian to behold me engaged in this divine and exhilarating study , with some dozen or two of skulls before me , over which I occasionally darted my ...
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... truth of my darling science , when he kindly gratified the impatience of my somewhat unmannerly enthusiasm , by allowing me to lay my scientific and practised hand on his head . My consternation and bewilderment , however , were extreme ...
... truth of my darling science , when he kindly gratified the impatience of my somewhat unmannerly enthusiasm , by allowing me to lay my scientific and practised hand on his head . My consternation and bewilderment , however , were extreme ...
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... truth , in what regards the moral or religious tendencies of my Phrenology , entrusted for some time my conscience to several of my scien- tific intimates , of the most admirable and piercing acumen , and endeavour to shake myself free ...
... truth , in what regards the moral or religious tendencies of my Phrenology , entrusted for some time my conscience to several of my scien- tific intimates , of the most admirable and piercing acumen , and endeavour to shake myself free ...
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Página 549 - What may this mean, That thou, dead corse, again in complete steel, Revisit'st thus the glimpses of the moon, Making night hideous, and we fools of nature So horridly to shake our disposition With thoughts beyond the reaches of our souls ? Say, why is this?
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Página 299 - Ambition this shall tempt to rise, Then whirl the wretch from high To bitter Scorn a sacrifice And grinning Infamy. The stings of Falsehood those shall try And hard Unkindness...
Página 411 - If we let him thus alone, all men will believe on him : and the Romans shall come and take away both our place and nation.
Página 548 - With wondrous potency. Once more, good night, And when you are desirous to be blest, I'll blessing beg of you.
Página 416 - A set o' dull conceited hashes Confuse their brains in college classes ! They gang in stirks, and come out asses, Plain truth to speak; An' syne they think to climb Parnassus By dint o