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Phil Purcel, The Pig-Driver

Chapter II

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THE GEOGRAPHY OF AN IRISH OATH.
No pen can do justice to the extravagance and frolic inseparable from the character of of the Irish people; nor has any system of philosophy been discovered that can with moral fitness be applied to them.
Phrenology fails to explain it; for, so far as the craniums of Irishmen are concerned, according to the most capital surveys hitherto made and reported on, it appears that, inasmuch as their moral and intellectual organs predominate over the physical and sensual, the people ought, therefore, to be ranked at the very tip-top of morality.
We would warn the phrenologists, however, not to be too sanguine in drawing inferences from an examination of Paddy's head.
Heaven only knows the scenes in which it is engaged, and the protuberances created by a long life of hard fighting.
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Phil Purcel, The Pig-Driver

Chapter II

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THE GEOGRAPHY OF AN IRISH OATH.
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No pen can do justice to the extravagance and frolic inseparable from the character of of the Irish people; nor has any system of philosophy been discovered that can with moral fitness be applied to them.
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Phrenology fails to explain it; for, so far as the craniums of Irishmen are concerned, according to the most capital surveys hitherto made and reported on, it appears that, inasmuch as their moral and intellectual organs predominate over the physical and sensual, the people ought, therefore, to be ranked at the very tip-top of morality.
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We would warn the phrenologists, however, not to be too sanguine in drawing inferences from an examination of Paddy's head.
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Heaven only knows the scenes in which it is engaged, and the protuberances created by a long life of hard fighting.

Learner Dictionary

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.

Been auxiliary verb US /bɪn/

the past participle of “be”

From this reading “No pen can do justice to the extravagance and frolic inseparable from the character of of the Irish people; nor has any system of philosophy been discovered that can with moral fitness be applied to them.”

Has auxiliary verb US /hæz/

the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading “No pen can do justice to the extravagance and frolic inseparable from the character of of the Irish people; nor has any system of philosophy been discovered that can with moral fitness be applied to them.”

However adverb US /ˌhaʊˈevər/

used to add a contrasting statement

From this reading “We would warn the phrenologists, however, not to be too sanguine in drawing inferences from an examination of Paddy's head.”

Life noun US /life/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Heaven only knows the scenes in which it is engaged, and the protuberances created by a long life of hard fighting.”

Long noun US /long/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Heaven only knows the scenes in which it is engaged, and the protuberances created by a long life of hard fighting.”

Ought modal verb US /ɔːt/

used with “to” to say what is right or advisable

From this reading “Phrenology fails to explain it; for, so far as the craniums of Irishmen are concerned, according to the most capital surveys hitherto made and reported on, it appears that, inasmuch as their moral and intellectual organs predominate over the physical and sensual, the people ought, therefore, to be ranked at the very tip-top of morality.”

Over preposition US /ˈoʊvər/

above and across; more than

From this reading “Phrenology fails to explain it; for, so far as the craniums of Irishmen are concerned, according to the most capital surveys hitherto made and reported on, it appears that, inasmuch as their moral and intellectual organs predominate over the physical and sensual, the people ought, therefore, to be ranked at the very tip-top of morality.”

Philosophy noun US /fɪˈlɑː.sə.fi/

The study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence. (Triết học, đạo lý nhân sinh.)

From this reading “No pen can do justice to the extravagance and frolic inseparable from the character of of the Irish people; nor has any system of philosophy been discovered that can with moral fitness be applied to them.”

Therefore adverb US /ˈðerfɔːr/

for that reason; as a result

From this reading “Phrenology fails to explain it; for, so far as the craniums of Irishmen are concerned, according to the most capital surveys hitherto made and reported on, it appears that, inasmuch as their moral and intellectual organs predominate over the physical and sensual, the people ought, therefore, to be ranked at the very tip-top of morality.”

Would modal verb US /wʊd/

used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past

From this reading “We would warn the phrenologists, however, not to be too sanguine in drawing inferences from an examination of Paddy's head.”

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adeterminerUS /ə/

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading Heaven only knows the scenes in which it is engaged, and the protuberances created by a long life of hard fighting.

according

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From this reading Phrenology fails to explain it; for, so far as the craniums of Irishmen are concerned, according to the most capital surveys hitherto made and reported on, it appears that, inasmuch as their moral and intellectual organs predominate over the physical and sensual, the people ought, therefore, to be ranked at the very tip-top of morality.

ANdeterminerUS /æn/

the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound

From this reading THE GEOGRAPHY OF AN IRISH OATH.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading No pen can do justice to the extravagance and frolic inseparable from the character of of the Irish people; nor has any system of philosophy been discovered that can with moral fitness be applied to them.

any

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From this reading No pen can do justice to the extravagance and frolic inseparable from the character of of the Irish people; nor has any system of philosophy been discovered that can with moral fitness be applied to them.

appears

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From this reading Phrenology fails to explain it; for, so far as the craniums of Irishmen are concerned, according to the most capital surveys hitherto made and reported on, it appears that, inasmuch as their moral and intellectual organs predominate over the physical and sensual, the people ought, therefore, to be ranked at the very tip-top of morality.

applied

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From this reading No pen can do justice to the extravagance and frolic inseparable from the character of of the Irish people; nor has any system of philosophy been discovered that can with moral fitness be applied to them.

areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/

the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading Phrenology fails to explain it; for, so far as the craniums of Irishmen are concerned, according to the most capital surveys hitherto made and reported on, it appears that, inasmuch as their moral and intellectual organs predominate over the physical and sensual, the people ought, therefore, to be ranked at the very tip-top of morality.

asconjunctionUS /æz/

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading Phrenology fails to explain it; for, so far as the craniums of Irishmen are concerned, according to the most capital surveys hitherto made and reported on, it appears that, inasmuch as their moral and intellectual organs predominate over the physical and sensual, the people ought, therefore, to be ranked at the very tip-top of morality.

atprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading Phrenology fails to explain it; for, so far as the craniums of Irishmen are concerned, according to the most capital surveys hitherto made and reported on, it appears that, inasmuch as their moral and intellectual organs predominate over the physical and sensual, the people ought, therefore, to be ranked at the very tip-top of morality.

beauxiliary verbUS /biː/

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading No pen can do justice to the extravagance and frolic inseparable from the character of of the Irish people; nor has any system of philosophy been discovered that can with moral fitness be applied to them.

beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/

the past participle of “be”

From this reading No pen can do justice to the extravagance and frolic inseparable from the character of of the Irish people; nor has any system of philosophy been discovered that can with moral fitness be applied to them.

byprepositionUS /baɪ/

showing who or what does the action

From this reading Heaven only knows the scenes in which it is engaged, and the protuberances created by a long life of hard fighting.

canmodal verbUS /kæn/

to be able to, or to be allowed to

From this reading No pen can do justice to the extravagance and frolic inseparable from the character of of the Irish people; nor has any system of philosophy been discovered that can with moral fitness be applied to them.

capital

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From this reading Phrenology fails to explain it; for, so far as the craniums of Irishmen are concerned, according to the most capital surveys hitherto made and reported on, it appears that, inasmuch as their moral and intellectual organs predominate over the physical and sensual, the people ought, therefore, to be ranked at the very tip-top of morality.

character

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From this reading No pen can do justice to the extravagance and frolic inseparable from the character of of the Irish people; nor has any system of philosophy been discovered that can with moral fitness be applied to them.

concerned

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From this reading Phrenology fails to explain it; for, so far as the craniums of Irishmen are concerned, according to the most capital surveys hitherto made and reported on, it appears that, inasmuch as their moral and intellectual organs predominate over the physical and sensual, the people ought, therefore, to be ranked at the very tip-top of morality.

craniums

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From this reading Phrenology fails to explain it; for, so far as the craniums of Irishmen are concerned, according to the most capital surveys hitherto made and reported on, it appears that, inasmuch as their moral and intellectual organs predominate over the physical and sensual, the people ought, therefore, to be ranked at the very tip-top of morality.

created

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From this reading Heaven only knows the scenes in which it is engaged, and the protuberances created by a long life of hard fighting.

discovered

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From this reading No pen can do justice to the extravagance and frolic inseparable from the character of of the Irish people; nor has any system of philosophy been discovered that can with moral fitness be applied to them.

doauxiliary verbUS /duː/

used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis

From this reading No pen can do justice to the extravagance and frolic inseparable from the character of of the Irish people; nor has any system of philosophy been discovered that can with moral fitness be applied to them.

drawing

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From this reading We would warn the phrenologists, however, not to be too sanguine in drawing inferences from an examination of Paddy's head.

engaged

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From this reading Heaven only knows the scenes in which it is engaged, and the protuberances created by a long life of hard fighting.

examination

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From this reading We would warn the phrenologists, however, not to be too sanguine in drawing inferences from an examination of Paddy's head.

explain

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From this reading Phrenology fails to explain it; for, so far as the craniums of Irishmen are concerned, according to the most capital surveys hitherto made and reported on, it appears that, inasmuch as their moral and intellectual organs predominate over the physical and sensual, the people ought, therefore, to be ranked at the very tip-top of morality.

extravagance

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From this reading No pen can do justice to the extravagance and frolic inseparable from the character of of the Irish people; nor has any system of philosophy been discovered that can with moral fitness be applied to them.

fails

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From this reading Phrenology fails to explain it; for, so far as the craniums of Irishmen are concerned, according to the most capital surveys hitherto made and reported on, it appears that, inasmuch as their moral and intellectual organs predominate over the physical and sensual, the people ought, therefore, to be ranked at the very tip-top of morality.

far

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From this reading Phrenology fails to explain it; for, so far as the craniums of Irishmen are concerned, according to the most capital surveys hitherto made and reported on, it appears that, inasmuch as their moral and intellectual organs predominate over the physical and sensual, the people ought, therefore, to be ranked at the very tip-top of morality.

fighting

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From this reading Heaven only knows the scenes in which it is engaged, and the protuberances created by a long life of hard fighting.

fitness

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From this reading No pen can do justice to the extravagance and frolic inseparable from the character of of the Irish people; nor has any system of philosophy been discovered that can with moral fitness be applied to them.

forprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading Phrenology fails to explain it; for, so far as the craniums of Irishmen are concerned, according to the most capital surveys hitherto made and reported on, it appears that, inasmuch as their moral and intellectual organs predominate over the physical and sensual, the people ought, therefore, to be ranked at the very tip-top of morality.

frolic

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From this reading No pen can do justice to the extravagance and frolic inseparable from the character of of the Irish people; nor has any system of philosophy been discovered that can with moral fitness be applied to them.

fromprepositionUS /frʌm/

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading No pen can do justice to the extravagance and frolic inseparable from the character of of the Irish people; nor has any system of philosophy been discovered that can with moral fitness be applied to them.

GEOGRAPHY

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From this reading THE GEOGRAPHY OF AN IRISH OATH.

hard

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From this reading Heaven only knows the scenes in which it is engaged, and the protuberances created by a long life of hard fighting.

hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/

the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading No pen can do justice to the extravagance and frolic inseparable from the character of of the Irish people; nor has any system of philosophy been discovered that can with moral fitness be applied to them.

head

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From this reading We would warn the phrenologists, however, not to be too sanguine in drawing inferences from an examination of Paddy's head.

Heaven

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From this reading Heaven only knows the scenes in which it is engaged, and the protuberances created by a long life of hard fighting.

hitherto

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From this reading Phrenology fails to explain it; for, so far as the craniums of Irishmen are concerned, according to the most capital surveys hitherto made and reported on, it appears that, inasmuch as their moral and intellectual organs predominate over the physical and sensual, the people ought, therefore, to be ranked at the very tip-top of morality.

howeveradverbUS /ˌhaʊˈevər/

used to add a contrasting statement

From this reading We would warn the phrenologists, however, not to be too sanguine in drawing inferences from an examination of Paddy's head.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading We would warn the phrenologists, however, not to be too sanguine in drawing inferences from an examination of Paddy's head.

inasmuch

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From this reading Phrenology fails to explain it; for, so far as the craniums of Irishmen are concerned, according to the most capital surveys hitherto made and reported on, it appears that, inasmuch as their moral and intellectual organs predominate over the physical and sensual, the people ought, therefore, to be ranked at the very tip-top of morality.

inferences

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From this reading We would warn the phrenologists, however, not to be too sanguine in drawing inferences from an examination of Paddy's head.

inseparable

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From this reading No pen can do justice to the extravagance and frolic inseparable from the character of of the Irish people; nor has any system of philosophy been discovered that can with moral fitness be applied to them.

intellectual

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From this reading Phrenology fails to explain it; for, so far as the craniums of Irishmen are concerned, according to the most capital surveys hitherto made and reported on, it appears that, inasmuch as their moral and intellectual organs predominate over the physical and sensual, the people ought, therefore, to be ranked at the very tip-top of morality.

IRISH

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From this reading THE GEOGRAPHY OF AN IRISH OATH.

Irishmen

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From this reading Phrenology fails to explain it; for, so far as the craniums of Irishmen are concerned, according to the most capital surveys hitherto made and reported on, it appears that, inasmuch as their moral and intellectual organs predominate over the physical and sensual, the people ought, therefore, to be ranked at the very tip-top of morality.

isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading Heaven only knows the scenes in which it is engaged, and the protuberances created by a long life of hard fighting.

itpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading Phrenology fails to explain it; for, so far as the craniums of Irishmen are concerned, according to the most capital surveys hitherto made and reported on, it appears that, inasmuch as their moral and intellectual organs predominate over the physical and sensual, the people ought, therefore, to be ranked at the very tip-top of morality.

justice

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From this reading No pen can do justice to the extravagance and frolic inseparable from the character of of the Irish people; nor has any system of philosophy been discovered that can with moral fitness be applied to them.

knows

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From this reading Heaven only knows the scenes in which it is engaged, and the protuberances created by a long life of hard fighting.

lifenounUS /life/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Heaven only knows the scenes in which it is engaged, and the protuberances created by a long life of hard fighting.

longnounUS /long/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Heaven only knows the scenes in which it is engaged, and the protuberances created by a long life of hard fighting.

made

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From this reading Phrenology fails to explain it; for, so far as the craniums of Irishmen are concerned, according to the most capital surveys hitherto made and reported on, it appears that, inasmuch as their moral and intellectual organs predominate over the physical and sensual, the people ought, therefore, to be ranked at the very tip-top of morality.

moral

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From this reading No pen can do justice to the extravagance and frolic inseparable from the character of of the Irish people; nor has any system of philosophy been discovered that can with moral fitness be applied to them.

morality

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From this reading Phrenology fails to explain it; for, so far as the craniums of Irishmen are concerned, according to the most capital surveys hitherto made and reported on, it appears that, inasmuch as their moral and intellectual organs predominate over the physical and sensual, the people ought, therefore, to be ranked at the very tip-top of morality.

most

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From this reading Phrenology fails to explain it; for, so far as the craniums of Irishmen are concerned, according to the most capital surveys hitherto made and reported on, it appears that, inasmuch as their moral and intellectual organs predominate over the physical and sensual, the people ought, therefore, to be ranked at the very tip-top of morality.

NodeterminerUS /noʊ/

not any; not one

From this reading No pen can do justice to the extravagance and frolic inseparable from the character of of the Irish people; nor has any system of philosophy been discovered that can with moral fitness be applied to them.

norconjunctionUS /nɔːr/

and not; used after a negative to add a second negative

From this reading No pen can do justice to the extravagance and frolic inseparable from the character of of the Irish people; nor has any system of philosophy been discovered that can with moral fitness be applied to them.

notadverbUS /nɑːt/

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading We would warn the phrenologists, however, not to be too sanguine in drawing inferences from an examination of Paddy's head.

OATH

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From this reading THE GEOGRAPHY OF AN IRISH OATH.

OFprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading THE GEOGRAPHY OF AN IRISH OATH.

onprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading Phrenology fails to explain it; for, so far as the craniums of Irishmen are concerned, according to the most capital surveys hitherto made and reported on, it appears that, inasmuch as their moral and intellectual organs predominate over the physical and sensual, the people ought, therefore, to be ranked at the very tip-top of morality.

only

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From this reading Heaven only knows the scenes in which it is engaged, and the protuberances created by a long life of hard fighting.

organs

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From this reading Phrenology fails to explain it; for, so far as the craniums of Irishmen are concerned, according to the most capital surveys hitherto made and reported on, it appears that, inasmuch as their moral and intellectual organs predominate over the physical and sensual, the people ought, therefore, to be ranked at the very tip-top of morality.

oughtmodal verbUS /ɔːt/

used with “to” to say what is right or advisable

From this reading Phrenology fails to explain it; for, so far as the craniums of Irishmen are concerned, according to the most capital surveys hitherto made and reported on, it appears that, inasmuch as their moral and intellectual organs predominate over the physical and sensual, the people ought, therefore, to be ranked at the very tip-top of morality.

overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/

above and across; more than

From this reading Phrenology fails to explain it; for, so far as the craniums of Irishmen are concerned, according to the most capital surveys hitherto made and reported on, it appears that, inasmuch as their moral and intellectual organs predominate over the physical and sensual, the people ought, therefore, to be ranked at the very tip-top of morality.

Paddy's

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From this reading We would warn the phrenologists, however, not to be too sanguine in drawing inferences from an examination of Paddy's head.

pen

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From this reading No pen can do justice to the extravagance and frolic inseparable from the character of of the Irish people; nor has any system of philosophy been discovered that can with moral fitness be applied to them.

people

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From this reading No pen can do justice to the extravagance and frolic inseparable from the character of of the Irish people; nor has any system of philosophy been discovered that can with moral fitness be applied to them.

philosophynounUS /fɪˈlɑː.sə.fi/

The study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence. (Triết học, đạo lý nhân sinh.)

From this reading No pen can do justice to the extravagance and frolic inseparable from the character of of the Irish people; nor has any system of philosophy been discovered that can with moral fitness be applied to them.

phrenologists

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From this reading We would warn the phrenologists, however, not to be too sanguine in drawing inferences from an examination of Paddy's head.

Phrenology

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From this reading Phrenology fails to explain it; for, so far as the craniums of Irishmen are concerned, according to the most capital surveys hitherto made and reported on, it appears that, inasmuch as their moral and intellectual organs predominate over the physical and sensual, the people ought, therefore, to be ranked at the very tip-top of morality.

physical

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From this reading Phrenology fails to explain it; for, so far as the craniums of Irishmen are concerned, according to the most capital surveys hitherto made and reported on, it appears that, inasmuch as their moral and intellectual organs predominate over the physical and sensual, the people ought, therefore, to be ranked at the very tip-top of morality.

predominate

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From this reading Phrenology fails to explain it; for, so far as the craniums of Irishmen are concerned, according to the most capital surveys hitherto made and reported on, it appears that, inasmuch as their moral and intellectual organs predominate over the physical and sensual, the people ought, therefore, to be ranked at the very tip-top of morality.

protuberances

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From this reading Heaven only knows the scenes in which it is engaged, and the protuberances created by a long life of hard fighting.

ranked

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From this reading Phrenology fails to explain it; for, so far as the craniums of Irishmen are concerned, according to the most capital surveys hitherto made and reported on, it appears that, inasmuch as their moral and intellectual organs predominate over the physical and sensual, the people ought, therefore, to be ranked at the very tip-top of morality.

reported

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From this reading Phrenology fails to explain it; for, so far as the craniums of Irishmen are concerned, according to the most capital surveys hitherto made and reported on, it appears that, inasmuch as their moral and intellectual organs predominate over the physical and sensual, the people ought, therefore, to be ranked at the very tip-top of morality.

sanguine

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From this reading We would warn the phrenologists, however, not to be too sanguine in drawing inferences from an examination of Paddy's head.

scenes

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From this reading Heaven only knows the scenes in which it is engaged, and the protuberances created by a long life of hard fighting.

sensual

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From this reading Phrenology fails to explain it; for, so far as the craniums of Irishmen are concerned, according to the most capital surveys hitherto made and reported on, it appears that, inasmuch as their moral and intellectual organs predominate over the physical and sensual, the people ought, therefore, to be ranked at the very tip-top of morality.

soconjunctionUS /soʊ/

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading Phrenology fails to explain it; for, so far as the craniums of Irishmen are concerned, according to the most capital surveys hitherto made and reported on, it appears that, inasmuch as their moral and intellectual organs predominate over the physical and sensual, the people ought, therefore, to be ranked at the very tip-top of morality.

surveys

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From this reading Phrenology fails to explain it; for, so far as the craniums of Irishmen are concerned, according to the most capital surveys hitherto made and reported on, it appears that, inasmuch as their moral and intellectual organs predominate over the physical and sensual, the people ought, therefore, to be ranked at the very tip-top of morality.

system

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From this reading No pen can do justice to the extravagance and frolic inseparable from the character of of the Irish people; nor has any system of philosophy been discovered that can with moral fitness be applied to them.

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading No pen can do justice to the extravagance and frolic inseparable from the character of of the Irish people; nor has any system of philosophy been discovered that can with moral fitness be applied to them.

THEdeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading THE GEOGRAPHY OF AN IRISH OATH.

theirdeterminerUS /ðer/

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading Phrenology fails to explain it; for, so far as the craniums of Irishmen are concerned, according to the most capital surveys hitherto made and reported on, it appears that, inasmuch as their moral and intellectual organs predominate over the physical and sensual, the people ought, therefore, to be ranked at the very tip-top of morality.

thempronounUS /ðem/

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading No pen can do justice to the extravagance and frolic inseparable from the character of of the Irish people; nor has any system of philosophy been discovered that can with moral fitness be applied to them.

thereforeadverbUS /ˈðerfɔːr/

for that reason; as a result

From this reading Phrenology fails to explain it; for, so far as the craniums of Irishmen are concerned, according to the most capital surveys hitherto made and reported on, it appears that, inasmuch as their moral and intellectual organs predominate over the physical and sensual, the people ought, therefore, to be ranked at the very tip-top of morality.

tip-top

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From this reading Phrenology fails to explain it; for, so far as the craniums of Irishmen are concerned, according to the most capital surveys hitherto made and reported on, it appears that, inasmuch as their moral and intellectual organs predominate over the physical and sensual, the people ought, therefore, to be ranked at the very tip-top of morality.

toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading No pen can do justice to the extravagance and frolic inseparable from the character of of the Irish people; nor has any system of philosophy been discovered that can with moral fitness be applied to them.

too

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From this reading We would warn the phrenologists, however, not to be too sanguine in drawing inferences from an examination of Paddy's head.

very

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From this reading Phrenology fails to explain it; for, so far as the craniums of Irishmen are concerned, according to the most capital surveys hitherto made and reported on, it appears that, inasmuch as their moral and intellectual organs predominate over the physical and sensual, the people ought, therefore, to be ranked at the very tip-top of morality.

warn

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From this reading We would warn the phrenologists, however, not to be too sanguine in drawing inferences from an examination of Paddy's head.

WepronounUS /wiː/

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading We would warn the phrenologists, however, not to be too sanguine in drawing inferences from an examination of Paddy's head.

whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading Heaven only knows the scenes in which it is engaged, and the protuberances created by a long life of hard fighting.

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading No pen can do justice to the extravagance and frolic inseparable from the character of of the Irish people; nor has any system of philosophy been discovered that can with moral fitness be applied to them.

wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/

used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past

From this reading We would warn the phrenologists, however, not to be too sanguine in drawing inferences from an examination of Paddy's head.