Human science, or, Phrenology : its principles, proofs, faculties, organs, temperaments, combinations, conditions, teachings, philosophies, etc., etc. : as applied to health, its values, laws, functions, organs, means, preservation, restoration, etc. : mental philosophy, human and self improvement, civilization, home, country, commerce, rights, duties, ethics, etc. : God, His existence, attributes, laws, worship, natural theology, etc. : immortality, its evidences, conditions, relations to time, rewards, punishments, sin, faith, prayer, etc. : intellect, memory, juvenile and self education, literature, mental discipline, the senses, sciences, arts, avocations, a perfect life, etc., etc., etc. (1873)
Fowler, O. S. (Orson Squire), 1809-1887, McManus-Young Collection (Library of Congress) DLC · Philadelphia, Pa. ; Chicago, Ill. ; Cincinnati, Ohio ; St. Louis, Mo. : National Publishing Co. ; San Francisco, Cal. : A.L. Bancroft & Co. · leaf 993
.—Gall. 11 Piron was a machine for sallies, epigrams, and flashes of wit,which were entangled with each other in his head, and came out involun-tarily, so that he could no more avoid bon mots and witticisms by thedozen than breathing.—Grimm. Those who write like Voltaire, Rabelais, Piron, Sterne,… … No. 164.- -Rev. Dr. Peters, a very witty and TALENTED DlVlNE. mieth: its analysis, adaptation, etc. 969 I have found in the manifestations of those whose Wit predomi-nates over Causality a striking love of the purely ludicrous; theirgreat delight being to heap absurd and incongruous ideas together…
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