A phrenologist might possibly discern in them, the overgrown diseased developments of the intellectual organs residing in that part of the cranium.
You used to pretend you were a phrenologistand all that kind of thing at school, I remember.
To scan the lines of his face, or feel the bumps on the head of this Leviathan; this is a thing which no Physiognomist or Phrenologist has as yet undertaken.
If the Sperm Whale be physiognomically a Sphinx, to the phrenologist his brain seems that geometrical circle which it is impossible to square.
The conclusions of the phrenologist are based upon estimates of brain fiber, their quality and length from a point in the base of the brain directly between the ears, to the surface.
Never trust yourself under the hands of a professed phrenologist unless you are confident of his skill in estimating and diagnosing your physical condition.
We have now fully demonstrated that in his scientific delineation of character the professional phrenologist depends upon something more than mere configuration of skull.
This particular element of sense may, like all others, be only partially defective, but an examination by a competent phrenologist will disclose its exact state, whatever it may be.
The phrenologist goes one step farther and asserts that size of brain in any particular region, judged by the same standards of comparison, is an indication of local power.
The Professor followed him out, and soon returned and announced that the phrenologist was too much disabled to resume his position on the platform.
The phrenologist informed me that it was the skull of a distinguished negro lawyer of Timbuctoo," said Toney.
Chapter 22 The Phrenologist The following morning--Saturday--the men went about their work in gloomy silence; there were but few attempts at conversation and no jests or singing.
Was it a phrenologist strung y'u with the notion y'u was a cure for lonesomeness?
Nor did he need a phrenologist to tell him that Nora was a born flirt and that her shy slant glances were meant to penetrate tough hides to tender hearts.
The sleepy old town in its previous existence had never felt a ripple of excitement more moving than a sewing bee, a travelling phrenologist or temperance lecturer, a summer picnic or a winter revival.
My mother said it was inside and that the phrenologist meant I must be a good boy.
I have mentioned that the phrenologist Bridges said, in England, some years before this, that I should become either a great reformer or a great pirate.
But he insisted, and finally I consented to go with him to Bridges, then the most famous phrenologist in Liverpool or in the west of England.
As I like to investigate everything for myself, I determined to see what there was in phrenology, and to have my head examined in circumstances where there could be no question that thephrenologist had had any information about me.
The phrenologist placed his hands on my head and exclaimed: "Jehu, what a head!
No Phrenologist can look upon this head, and consider the circumstances in which Burns was placed, without vivid feelings of regret.
In the end he guessed the phrenologist was pulling my leg, and that one of the fellows had put him up to it.
Now my respect for the phrenologist has gone up points.
Of the phrenologist nothing remained but a thin cloud of dust hanging in the still air.
In the earlier and soberer part of the afternoon the phrenologist had skilfully steered his way by the safe stars of flattery.
There was an American practising phrenology, when a phrenologistarrived from England.
The phrenologist proceeded, feeling for the bumps around his head, and, stopping once in a while to make his mental deductions, would then run his fingers along again.
The famous phrenologist George Combe visited me also; spoke much of the truth of his theory as exhibited and verified by my poor skill; begged I would allow a cast of my head to be taken, etc.
George Combe, an eminent phrenologist and author on that subject.
The phrenologist and the vegetarian health specialist were regarding him with amazement, the jam and pickle manufacturer's wife was evidently deeply shocked.
But remember if yourphrenologist tells you that you have a weak will, it does not mean that you must necessarily always have a weak will.
A phrenologist would tell us that strongly developed organs of self-esteem and love of approbation accompanied this trait of character.
Aroused from his Meditation, the Learned Phrenologist looked up at the Stranger as through a Glass, darkly, and pointed to a Red Plush Chair.
Learned Phrenologist "Enough Benevolence here to do a family of Eight.
The Learned Phrenologist sat in his Office surrounded by his Whiskers.
But one can by no means class the genuine natural philosopher and the phrenologist and physiognomist together.
You will make me in the end suspicious of the whole circle of physics, or otherwise I must believe that you allow no place to the phrenologist amongst natural philosophers.
Crane, The Phrenologist After supper Ben and his young charge took their seats in the main salon.
Now if you had employed a phrenologistto examine a servant's head before engaging her, he would have told you at once whether she was likely to prove honest and faithful, or the reverse.
A dollar spent that way may save you hundreds of dollars, nay, perhaps thousands," said the phrenologist insinuatingly.
The gross lines are legible to the dull: the cabman is phrenologist so far: he looks in your face to see if his shilling is sure.
Who likes to have a dapper phrenologist pronouncing on his fortunes?
Grace had made the change, but the old, rough exterior was not worn off, and the phrenologist had judged from the appearance.
As the phrenologist proceeded from one statement to another, delineating the man's character, the congregation first smiled, and then burst into laughter.
That was the impression you made upon me; for I must tell you that I am a bit of a phrenologist in my way.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "phrenologist" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
