 | 1823 - 696 pages
...Anderson, jun. ; and Simpkin and Marshall, London. Nov. 1823. 2N by the beauty of their penmanship ; gome y { wM h. h q' 膋 # g& 0 Fí+ W^ 6 П 0 9 &%^ DT} ն > Y nU ` Boˑ BjX g 0Dv# T of languages. The compositions of one were remarkable lor their eloquence, while the style of another... | |
 | 1824 - 496 pages
...talent or disposition, which distinguished him from others. Some of his schoolmates were distinguished by the beauty of their penmanship, some by their success...talent for acquiring a knowledge of natural history, or of languages. The compositions of one were remarkable for elegance, while the style of another was... | |
 | George Combe - Human information processing - 1830 - 732 pages
...individuals by some peculiarity of talent or disposition. Some of his schoolmates were characterized by the beauty of their penmanship, some by their success...another was stiff and dry ; while a third connected his reasonings in the closest manner, and clothed his argument in the most forcible language. Their dispositions... | |
 | George Combe - 1830 - 738 pages
...individuals by some peculiarity of talent or disposition. Some of his schoolmates were characterized by the beauty of their penmanship, some by their success in arithmetic, and others by their talent tor acquiring- a knowledge of natural history, or languages. The compositions of one were remarkable... | |
 | Johann Gaspar Spurzheim, Nahum Capen - Facial expression - 1833 - 460 pages
...talent or disposition, which distinguished him from others. Some of his schoolmates were distinguished by the beauty of their penmanship, some by their success...talent for acquiring a knowledge of natural history, or of languages. The compositions of one were remarkable for elegance, while the style of another was... | |
 | George Combe - Phrenology - 1835 - 252 pages
...individuals by some peculiarity of talent or disposition. Some of his schoolmates were characterized by the beauty of their penmanship, some by their success...another was stiff and dry; while a third connected his reasonings in the closest manner, and clothed his argument in the most forcible language. Their dispositions... | |
 | George Combe - Phrenology - 1835 - 222 pages
...individuals by some peculiarity of talent or disposition. Some of his schoolmates were characterized by tlie beauty of their penmanship, some by their success...another was stiff and dry; while a third connected his reasonings in the closest manner, and clothed his argument in the most forcible language. Their dispositions... | |
 | Franz Josef Gall - Brain - 1835 - 372 pages
...talent or disposition, which distinguished him from others. Some of his schoolmates were distinguished by the beauty of their penmanship, some by their success in arithmetic, and others by their talent for acquir* This Biography is compiled chiefly from "The Transactions of the Edinburgh Phrenological Society,"... | |
 | Charles Caldwell - Phrenology - 1838 - 166 pages
...or disposition, which distinguished him from others. Some of his schoolmates were distinguished for the beauty of their penmanship, some by their success...talent for acquiring a knowledge of natural history, or of languages. The compositions of one were remarkable for elegance, while the style of another was... | |
 | George Combe - Brain - 1850 - 254 pages
...remarkable for the beauty of their penmanship, some for their success in arithmetic, and others for their talent for acquiring a knowledge of natural history or languages. The compositions of one were elegant, the style of another was stiff and dry, while a third connected his reasonings in the closest... | |
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From an early age he was given to observation, and was struck with the fact, that each of his brothers and sisters, companions in play, and schoolfellows, was distinguished from other individuals by some peculiarity of talent or disposition. 
