Colloquies: Imaginary Conversations Between a Phrenologist and the Shade of Dugald StewartParbury & Company, 1838 - 336 pages |
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... human frame from infancy upwards -wisdom of Providence - vital laws - scenery - ima- gination and reason - life and mind - individuals afraid of phrenologists - connection between physiognomy and phrenology - practical fact - Veneration ...
... human frame from infancy upwards -wisdom of Providence - vital laws - scenery - ima- gination and reason - life and mind - individuals afraid of phrenologists - connection between physiognomy and phrenology - practical fact - Veneration ...
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... human family by Blumenbach - views of Lawrence , Pritchard , and Turner COLLOQUY XII . Spring - reminiscences a savage's notion of death - soul derived from God , and not destructible - resurrection- infidelity - Dryden - state of the ...
... human family by Blumenbach - views of Lawrence , Pritchard , and Turner COLLOQUY XII . Spring - reminiscences a savage's notion of death - soul derived from God , and not destructible - resurrection- infidelity - Dryden - state of the ...
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... human heart which often tinges some of the best thoughts of man , seemed , for a time , to be dethroned , and reason and faith to take their lawful , yet unwonted seats . I thought of the spirits of those good men who had departed this ...
... human heart which often tinges some of the best thoughts of man , seemed , for a time , to be dethroned , and reason and faith to take their lawful , yet unwonted seats . I thought of the spirits of those good men who had departed this ...
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... human words . It is not , indeed , in the power of any earth - born language to convey a notion of such glorious wonders . It would require something more than human intellect to bring them within the limit of our comprehension ...
... human words . It is not , indeed , in the power of any earth - born language to convey a notion of such glorious wonders . It would require something more than human intellect to bring them within the limit of our comprehension ...
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... human race . Till then adieu ! At that instant my companion vanished from my sight . His disappearance was not the least remarkable part of this singular phenomenon . He was gone - I knew not whither nor how : his departure was ...
... human race . Till then adieu ! At that instant my companion vanished from my sight . His disappearance was not the least remarkable part of this singular phenomenon . He was gone - I knew not whither nor how : his departure was ...
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Page 135 - By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion. We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof. For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song ; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.
Page 115 - Mammon led them on, Mammon, the least erected Spirit that fell From Heaven; for even in Heaven his looks and thoughts Were always downward bent, admiring more The riches of Heaven's pavement, trodden gold, Than aught divine or holy else enjoyed In vision beatific.
Page 6 - But he, full of the Holy Spirit, gazed into heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God; " and he said, "Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing at the right hand of God.
Page 78 - The Anatomy and Physiology of the Nervous System in general, and of the Brain in particular; with observations upon the possibility of ascertaining several intellectual and moral dispositions of man and animals, by the configuration of their heads,
Page 139 - The forms with which He sprinkles all the earth. Happy who walks with him ! whom what he finds Of flavour or of scent in fruit or flower, Or what he views of beautiful or grand In nature, from the broad, majestic oak To the green blade that twinkles in the sun, Prompts with remembrance of a present God.
Page 140 - The breezy call of incense-breathing morn, The swallow twittering from her straw-built shed, The cock's shrill clarion, or the echoing horn, No more shall rouse them from their lowly bed.
Page 230 - This, however, is less pointed than the reflection on the fate of those whom affinity or friendship linked to our side, whom distance of place, premature death, or (sometimes not a less painful consideration) estrangement of affection, has disjoined from us for ever. I am not sure if the disposition to reflections of this sort be altogether a safe or a proper one. I am aware, that, if too much indulged, or allowed to become habitual, it may disqualify the mind for the more active and bustling scenes...
Page 141 - All seem, at one time or other, to have been alike the slaves of a weak, a childish, or a gloomy superstition. When we behold the Romans, wise and great as they were, regulating their conduct, in their most important affairs, by the accidental flight of birds ; or, when threatened by some national calamity, creating a dictator for the sole purpose of driving a nail into a door, in order to avert the impending judgment of Heaven ; we are apt, according to the humour we are in, to smile at the folly,...
Page 231 - ... change their conduct. To them the world addresses itself, and is heard : it offers pleasure to the present hour ; and the promise of satisfaction in the future is too often preached in vain. But he who can feel that luxury of pensive tenderness of which I have given some faint sketches...
Page 228 - I have often felt in my own mind something very different from this gaiety, supposed to be the inseparable attendant of the vernal scene. Amidst the returning verdure of the earth, the mildness of the air, and the serenity of the sky, I have found a still and quiet melancholy take possession of my soul, which the beauty of the landscape, and the melody of the birds, rather soothed than overcame. Perhaps some reason may be given why this sort of feeling should prevail over the mind, in those moments...