 | 1829 - 840 sider
...task in the choice of professions for their children : for they would, in that case, only have bad to ascertain the prominent bump in the cranium of...the honour of bearing his Majesty's commission. I urn convinced, to this day, that I grew some inches taller in the course of the first twenty. four... | |
 | 1829 - 866 sider
...key-hole of a room into which he had locked himself, busily employed in yo-hoing a table, which be had turned upside down for a ship ; and another was...years old, I learned that I had the honour of bearing hii Majesty's commission. I am convinced, to this day, that I grew some inches taller in the course... | |
 | 1829 - 846 sider
...nerves. Had the opinions of the learned Doctors Gall and Spurzheiffl been tben promul. QMarch, gated to the world, my parents would have had a comparatively...grew some inches taller in the course of the first twenty. four hours; and to this early event in my life, I have no doubt I owe a certain stiffness of... | |
 | 1829 - 812 sider
...that one should be devoted to the infernal gods ; and, as my shoulders promised to be of the requisite breadth, and my head of the suitable thickness, I...had the honour of bearing his Majesty's commission." But the aspirations of our youthful hero were sadly damped by the Duke of York's order, prohibiting... | |
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Spurzheim been then promulgated to the world, my parents would have had a comparatively easy task in the choice of professions for their children : for they would, in that case, only have had to ascertain the prominent bump in the cranium of each boy.... 