The pigeon – pie was not bad, but it was a delusive pie: the crust being like a disappointing head, phrenologically speaking: full of lumps and bumps, with nothing particular underneath. ❋ Unknown (2007)
The idea of a discrete brain age is about as phrenologically suspect as the increasingly-disputed concept of IQ itself. ❋ Unknown (2006)
There are ‘systems’ made up of several interconnected brain units; anatomically, but not functionally, those brain units are none other than the old ‘centers’ of phrenologically inspired theory; and these systems are indeed dedicated to relatively separable operations that constitute the basis of mental functions. ❋ Steven Johnson (2004)
It is plain, then, that phrenologically the head of this ❋ Unknown (2002)
Whether it was, too, that his head being shaved, his forehead was drawn out in freer and brighter relief, and looked more expansive than it otherwise would, this I will not venture to decide; but certain it was his head was phrenologically an excellent one. ❋ Unknown (2002)
The more particular speciality of one is to lubricate your entrance and exit, -- that of the other to polish you off phrenologically in the recesses of the establishment. ❋ Various (N/A)
"You won't want to examine it phrenologically, will you?" ❋ Madame Sarah Grand (N/A)
If I had time, I could tell you a story almost as touching, in relation to a pig, an animal that phrenologically speaking has generally been looked upon as somewhat deficient in the region of the sentiments. ' ❋ Various (N/A)
He was 'one of the finest-looking men,' if we speak phrenologically, in the last ❋ Various (N/A)
The Teachers 'Institute, too, looking at the thing physiologically, psychologically, and phrenologically, after mature deliberation, conclude to descend to a little harmless amusement, contriving, however, to mingle some instructive elements with the frivolous ones that less enlightened spirits delight in. ❋ Various (N/A)
His brow was of the sort phrenologically associated with more than average intellect; silken jet curls partly clustering over it, making a foil to the pallor below, a pallor tinged with a faint shade of amber akin to the hue of time-tinted marbles of old. ❋ Unknown (1924)
The pigeon-pie was not bad, but it was a delusive pie: the crust being like a disappointing head, phrenologically speaking: full of lumps and bumps, with nothing particular underneath. ❋ Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 (1917)
It is very large, and phrenologically well proportioned, betokening power in all its developments. ❋ Browne, Francis F (1913)
Rose had all the points of a good servant, phrenologically and physiologically. ❋ Unknown (1898)
Then Miss Challis came and stood behind him and examined, phrenologically, the bumps on his head, while Miss Vining, seated at his feet, read his palm, and Miss Darrell produced a dream book and a pack of cards, and carefully cast his horoscope. ❋ Edmund Frederick (1899)
“The study of [phrenology] emerged in the [19th century], as did [Freudian] psychology and the practice of putting cocaine in every bodily orifice.” ❋ Glocksucker69 (2019)
Some [doctors] use [phrenology] to try to [figure out] when people were born. ❋ Li-chan (2006)
