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A broad, high forehead, it is commonly agreed, promises intellect; one that is "villanous low" and has a huge hind-head back of it, is wont to mark an animal nature.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 22, August, 1859 Various
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A broad, high forehead, it is commonly agreed, promises intellect; one that is "villainous low," and has a huge hind-head back of it, is wont to mark an animal nature.
Masterpieces of American Wit and Humor Thomas L. Masson 1900
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A broad, high forehead, it is commonly agreed, promises intellect; one that is "villanous low" and has a huge hind-head back of it, is wont to mark an animal nature.
The Professor at the Breakfast-Table Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851
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A broad, high forehead, it is commonly agreed, promises intellect; one that is "villanous low" and has a huge hind-head back of it, is wont to mark an animal nature.
Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851
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Earl Osbiorn gave one look at his turned back; an evil spirit of covetousness came over him; and he smote Hereward full and strong upon the hind-head.
Hereward, the Last of the English Charles Kingsley 1847
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An angry Finn smote him on the hind-head full with a stone axe.
Hereward, the Last of the English Charles Kingsley 1847
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The old sectarian prejudice may remain with a few, "whose eyes," as Emerson says, "are in their hind-head, not in their fore-head;" but the
The American Republic : constitution, tendencies and destiny Orestes Augustus Brownson 1839
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