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... Temperament , 1.7 17 * 165 Powerful or Motive , 18 18 137 Active or Mental . 19 19 Excitability of ditto , 20 20 157 175 Constitution . 34 34 Organic Quality . 47 47 Present state , 47 47 Size of head , " 49 50 DOMESTIC GROUP . 1 ...
... Temperament , 1.7 17 * 165 Powerful or Motive , 18 18 137 Active or Mental . 19 19 Excitability of ditto , 20 20 157 175 Constitution . 34 34 Organic Quality . 47 47 Present state , 47 47 Size of head , " 49 50 DOMESTIC GROUP . 1 ...
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... temperaments , and the printed figures in the squares thus marked , designate the number of the page in this work which contains the corresponding description of character ; and these paragraphs , thus referred to in the body of the ...
... temperaments , and the printed figures in the squares thus marked , designate the number of the page in this work which contains the corresponding description of character ; and these paragraphs , thus referred to in the body of the ...
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... Buli - dogs , elephants , and all round - favored animals and men , THE VITAL , OR ANIMAL TEMPERAMENT . No. 3. HALL . also illustrate this law . Rotundity , with a moderate Thus, Indian ponies are broad built or thick set...
... Buli - dogs , elephants , and all round - favored animals and men , THE VITAL , OR ANIMAL TEMPERAMENT . No. 3. HALL . also illustrate this law . Rotundity , with a moderate Thus, Indian ponies are broad built or thick set...
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... TEMPERAMENT , Gives projecting features , bones , noses , eyebrows , etc. , with distinct ness of muscle ; and renders its possessors strong ; tough ; thorough going ; forcible ; easy , yet powerful of motion ; perhaps slow , but very ...
... TEMPERAMENT , Gives projecting features , bones , noses , eyebrows , etc. , with distinct ness of muscle ; and renders its possessors strong ; tough ; thorough going ; forcible ; easy , yet powerful of motion ; perhaps slow , but very ...
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... temperament prevails in BRILLIANT writers or speakers , who are too refined and sensitive for the mass of mankind . They gleam in their career of genius , and are liable to burn out their vital powers on the altar of nervous ...
... temperament prevails in BRILLIANT writers or speakers , who are too refined and sensitive for the mass of mankind . They gleam in their career of genius , and are liable to burn out their vital powers on the altar of nervous ...
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