Essays on Physiognomy: For the Promotion of the Knowledge and the Love of Mankind, Volume 3C. Whittingham, 1804 |
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Page 96
... blue eyes . The Fin- landers are muscular and fleshy , with long and light yellow hair , the iris of the eye a deep yellow . " " It seems , if we collect the accounts of tra- vellers , that there are as many varieties among the race of ...
... blue eyes . The Fin- landers are muscular and fleshy , with long and light yellow hair , the iris of the eye a deep yellow . " " It seems , if we collect the accounts of tra- vellers , that there are as many varieties among the race of ...
Page 107
... blue eyes , and fine fair hair ; while the neighbouring people are low of stature , have abject counte- nances , black eyes , the hair of the head black as ebony , and of the body , thick and rough . " Page 135 . " The Peruvians are not ...
... blue eyes , and fine fair hair ; while the neighbouring people are low of stature , have abject counte- nances , black eyes , the hair of the head black as ebony , and of the body , thick and rough . " Page 135 . " The Peruvians are not ...
Page 111
... blue eyes , and fine fair hair ; while the neighbouring people are low of stature , have abject counte- nances , black eyes , the hair of the head black as ebony , and of the body , thick and rough . " Page 135 . " The Peruvians are not ...
... blue eyes , and fine fair hair ; while the neighbouring people are low of stature , have abject counte- nances , black eyes , the hair of the head black as ebony , and of the body , thick and rough . " Page 135 . " The Peruvians are not ...
Page 168
... blue vena frontalis , in the form of a Y , when in an open , smooth , well arched , forehead , I have only found in men of ex- traordinary talents , and of an ardent , and generous character . ( 23 ) The following are the most indubita ...
... blue vena frontalis , in the form of a Y , when in an open , smooth , well arched , forehead , I have only found in men of ex- traordinary talents , and of an ardent , and generous character . ( 23 ) The following are the most indubita ...
Page 170
... much certainty of improvement , much cause of hope . We shall defer more accurate and copious definition till we come to speak of physiog- nomonical lines . B. THE EYES . BLUE eyes are , generally , 170 THE FOREHEAD .
... much certainty of improvement , much cause of hope . We shall defer more accurate and copious definition till we come to speak of physiog- nomonical lines . B. THE EYES . BLUE eyes are , generally , 170 THE FOREHEAD .
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Page 55 - God hath tempered the body together, having given more abundant honour to that part which lacked ; that there should be no schism in the body; but that the members should have the same care one for another.
Page 51 - Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart.
Page 52 - Nay, but O man, who art thou that repliest against God ? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus...
Page 48 - Verily I say unto you, All sins shall be forgiven unto the sons of men, and blasphemies wherewith soever they shall blaspheme : 29 But he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness, but is in danger of eternal damnation : 30 Because they said, He hath an unclean spirit.
Page 55 - But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty; and base things of the world, and things which are despised hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are: that no flesh should glory in his presence.
Page 44 - Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast.
Page 45 - The light of the body is the eye: therefore when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light; but when thine eye is evil, thy body also is full of darkness. Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee be not darkness.
Page 53 - For God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon all. O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God ! How unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past rinding out!
Page 53 - Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour...
Page 46 - Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth : 6 And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away.