Observations on the importance in purchases of land and in mercantile adventures of ascertaining the rates or laws of mortality among Europeans by chronic diseases and hot climates, with an appendix1826 - 80 pages |
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... frequent and uncurbed indulgence of any passion or emotion , and any sudden or violent affection of the mind . It has been considered that intellectual labour frequently produces insanity ; that those who are in the habit of exercising ...
... frequent and uncurbed indulgence of any passion or emotion , and any sudden or violent affection of the mind . It has been considered that intellectual labour frequently produces insanity ; that those who are in the habit of exercising ...
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... frequently produced insanity . Dr. Reid says , he attended an idiotic man of erudition , whose head in its best es tate was a mere repository for other men's ideas , not a soil out of which an idea ever grew . But it is worthy of remark ...
... frequently produced insanity . Dr. Reid says , he attended an idiotic man of erudition , whose head in its best es tate was a mere repository for other men's ideas , not a soil out of which an idea ever grew . But it is worthy of remark ...
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... insanity . Puerperal Mania will be treated of in a subse- quent chapter . Insanity seems to be more frequent with persons between thirty and forty than during any other equal period of life ; the period between twenty and 20.
... insanity . Puerperal Mania will be treated of in a subse- quent chapter . Insanity seems to be more frequent with persons between thirty and forty than during any other equal period of life ; the period between twenty and 20.
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... to feign . Here it may be proper to observe , that feigning madness is frequently a favourite theory with in- sane persons . Soon after the second marriage of his mother , Hamlet's feelings assume a morbid character , and in his 38.
... to feign . Here it may be proper to observe , that feigning madness is frequently a favourite theory with in- sane persons . Soon after the second marriage of his mother , Hamlet's feelings assume a morbid character , and in his 38.
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... frequently come under the obser- vation of physicians in England . Arnold would class it under the species notional delirium . Im- postors are frequently seen in country towns , who have a method of heaving their stomachs , to im- pose ...
... frequently come under the obser- vation of physicians in England . Arnold would class it under the species notional delirium . Im- postors are frequently seen in country towns , who have a method of heaving their stomachs , to im- pose ...
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Page 29 - LEAR. Then let them anatomize Regan ; see what breeds about her heart. Is there any cause in nature that makes these hard hearts?
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Page 39 - I know my course. The spirit that I have seen May be the devil : and the devil hath power To assume a pleasing shape; yea, and perhaps Out of my weakness and my melancholy, — As he is very potent with such spirits, — Abuses me to damn me: I'll have grounds More relative than this: — the play's the thing Wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king.
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Page 47 - ild you! They say the owl was a baker's daughter. Lord! we know what we are, but know not what we may be.
Page 23 - Unhappy that I am, I cannot heave My heart into my mouth. I love your majesty According to my bond; nor more nor less.