The Hand: Its Mechanism and Vital Endowments, as Evincing DesignBell & Daldy, 1865 - 260 pages |
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... feeling , nor of solitary study , which is so apt to lead to enthusiasm ; but that the powerful and masculine mind of Lord Brougham was directed to the same objects ; that he , who in early life was distinguished for his successful ...
... feeling , nor of solitary study , which is so apt to lead to enthusiasm ; but that the powerful and masculine mind of Lord Brougham was directed to the same objects ; that he , who in early life was distinguished for his successful ...
Page vii
... feeling ( right or wrong ) that it surpassed all others in interest and usefulness . This made him negligent of acquire- ments which would have better fitted him for the honourable association in which he has been placed : and no one ...
... feeling ( right or wrong ) that it surpassed all others in interest and usefulness . This made him negligent of acquire- ments which would have better fitted him for the honourable association in which he has been placed : and no one ...
Page xv
... feeling , or not feeling , in connexion with manipulations made by the experimenter on the particular roots at the depth of the wound . Accordingly , before the author drew his final conclu- sion concerning the function of the ...
... feeling , or not feeling , in connexion with manipulations made by the experimenter on the particular roots at the depth of the wound . Accordingly , before the author drew his final conclu- sion concerning the function of the ...
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... feeling or pain . Yet , although the part appeared thus dead , the movements were not in the smallest degree directly affected : they were preserved through the influence of the Portio - dura , which was entire . The experiments now ...
... feeling or pain . Yet , although the part appeared thus dead , the movements were not in the smallest degree directly affected : they were preserved through the influence of the Portio - dura , which was entire . The experiments now ...
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... feelings and emotions , too refined for speech , are made known - that of Expression . And here an observation presses itself upon our notice , in re- ference to the influence which powerful emotions , as witnessed in Man , exercise ...
... feelings and emotions , too refined for speech , are made known - that of Expression . And here an observation presses itself upon our notice , in re- ference to the influence which powerful emotions , as witnessed in Man , exercise ...
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