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    Phrenological Development of Robert Burns From a Cast of His Skull Moulded at Dumfries, the 31st Day of March 1834
    Phrenological Development of Robert Burns From a Cast of His Skull Moulded at Dumfries, the 31st Day of March 1834
    Phrenological Development of Robert Burns From a Cast of His Skull Moulded at Dumfries, the 31st Day of March 1834
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    Phrenological Development of Robert Burns From a Cast of His Skull Moulded at Dumfries, the 31st Day of March 1834

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    Release dateNov 27, 2013
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      Phrenological Development of Robert Burns From a Cast of His Skull Moulded at Dumfries, the 31st Day of March 1834 - George Combe

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      Title: Phrenological Development of Robert Burns

      From a Cast of His Skull Moulded at Dumfries, the 31st Day of March 1834

      Author: George Combe

      Release Date: November 17, 2009 [EBook #30489]

      Language: English

      *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK PHRENOLOGICAL DEV. OF ROBERT BURNS ***

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      VIEWS OF THE SKULL OF ROBERT BURNS.

      KEY TO THE PHRENOLOGICAL ORGANS.

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      OBSERVATIONS ON THE SKULL OF BURNS,

      BY

      GEORGE COMBE.

      Robert Burns was born on 25th January 1759, and died at Dumfries on 21st July 1796, in the 37th year of his age, and, on the

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