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An introduction to phrenology (1837)

Macnish, Robert, 1802-1837 · Glasgow, John Symington & Co.; Edinburgh, Oliver and Boyd; London, Whittaker & Co. · leaf 118

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Such was the case with Irving, Campbell, andother well-meaning but deluded enthusiasts—to say nothingof the notorious Joanna Southcote. During the persecutionsin Scotland, excitement of this organ seems to have beenexceedingly common among the Covenanters. 19. IDEALITY. Where does this organ lie ?… … What is the nature of the faculty connected with it? \ It consists in a taste for the graceful, the beautiful, and j 112 IDEALITY. the sublime. All things which partake of these qualitiesgratify it. The savage desolation of Glenco, the awful gloomand sublimit}^ of Chamouni, the graceful loveliness…

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