I requested the gentlemen to put on their hats, and the ladies their shawls, to avoid catching cold, and then had the windows widely opened. This proceeding caused some astonishment and alarm at first; for the Americans generally have a… — George Combe Copy Share Image
The interval allowed was only five minutes, at the end of which I resumed the lecture; but so refreshing was the effects of the… — George Combe Copy Share Image
While some of them acknowledge the obligation of natural morality in their mode of conducting their cases, and preserve their individual character as gentlemen,… — George Combe Copy Share Image
Fashion is not a real element of beauty in external objects; and to persons who possess a good endowment of Form, Constructiveness and Ideality,… — George Combe Copy Share Image
He has a number of curious facts in illustration of the power of mere goodness to protect against outrage. — George Combe Copy Share Image
A tendency to resume the same mode of action at stated times is peculiarly the characteristic of the nervous system; and on this account… — George Combe Copy Share Image
Individuals possessing moderate-sized brains easily find their proper sphere, and enjoy in it scope for all their energy. In ordinary circumstances they distinguish themselves,… — George Combe Copy Share Image
We used to speak familiarly of an agent, now do more, who was accustomed to manufacture evidence, and to invent facts in his cases,… — George Combe Copy Share Image
The friends whom I have are invaluable, and although not numerous they are sufficient for my enjoyment; and the texture of my own mind… — George Combe Copy Share Image
The same practice was continued every evening through the whole course, and with the same success. Many individuals expressed their gratification at having discovered… — George Combe Copy Share Image
They are few in the midst of an overwhelming mass of brute force, and their submission is wisdom; but for a nation like England… — George Combe Copy Share Image
Phrenology taught us that the mind thinks by means of the brain, is liable to become fatigued by too long attention, as the locomotive… — George Combe Copy Share Image
I called their attention also to the absence of all means of ventilating the hall, remarking that, as we had already breathed the air… — George Combe Copy Share Image
