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They would invite to violations of the law of TEMPERAMENT, which is supreme, and take precedence of all other authorities.
What Is Man? and Other Essays Mark Twain 1872
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For the TEMPERAMENT is the man; the thing tricked out with clothes and named
What Is Man? and Other Essays Mark Twain 1872
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I also think the impact of spanking will have a lot to do with the TEMPERAMENT of that child.
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IMPEACHMENT is the only means we have of stopping the deadly and destructive consequences of the unrelenting IGNORANCE, ARROGANCE, INCOMPETENCE, DISHONESTIES, INSECURITIES, HOSTILE TEMPERAMENT, VINDICTIVENESS and PRONOUNCED PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEMS of George W. Bush.
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That seems to me a profoundly inaccurate take on the debate (as well as on the character — dare I say TEMPERAMENT — of the man as we know him) — hardly, if I may say, “disinterested.”
t=e=m=p=e=r=a=m=e=n=t : Ange Mlinko : Harriet the Blog : The Poetry Foundation 2007
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If we are not allowed to look into his woman in ALL ways and question not only her qualifications but her TEMPERAMENT and those things in her life which mold her motivational attitude in all matters, then there is SOMETHING WRONG.
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[3] TEST THEIR TEMPERAMENT One by one, gently pick up the pups.
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Not a note was missed, not a turn slurred; the runs and brilliant passage-work of the concerto left his fingers like showers of pearls; his touch had the necessary delicacy, and, in addition to this, his reading was quite a revelation to his friends in the matter of TEMPERAMENT.
Maurice Guest 2003
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THE ELECTRIC TEMPERAMENT exists when electricity dominates over magnetism in the organization.
How to Become Rich A Treatise on Phrenology, Choice of Professions and Matrimony William Windsor
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THE ALKALI TEMPERAMENT exists where lymph is in excess over arterial blood.
How to Become Rich A Treatise on Phrenology, Choice of Professions and Matrimony William Windsor
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