Physiognomy; or the corresponding analogy between the conformation of the features, and the ruling passions of the mind, tr. [and abridged] by S. Shaw. The title-leaf is a cancel]. |
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... easily may these occasion him to overlook the essential traits of character , and form his judgment on what is wholly accidental ! How surprisingly may the small- pox , during life , disfigure the countenance ! How may it destroy ...
... easily may these occasion him to overlook the essential traits of character , and form his judgment on what is wholly accidental ! How surprisingly may the small- pox , during life , disfigure the countenance ! How may it destroy ...
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... easily alter other bodies , without being easily altered itself . The more immediate it can act , and the less immediately it can be acted upon , the greater is its strength ; and the weaker , the less it can act , or withstand the ...
... easily alter other bodies , without being easily altered itself . The more immediate it can act , and the less immediately it can be acted upon , the greater is its strength ; and the weaker , the less it can act , or withstand the ...
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... easily and accurately to be closed . Signs of weakness are , disproportionate length of body ; much flesh ; little bone ; extension ; a tottering frame ; a loose skin ; round , obtuse , and particularly hollow outlines of the forehead ...
... easily and accurately to be closed . Signs of weakness are , disproportionate length of body ; much flesh ; little bone ; extension ; a tottering frame ; a loose skin ; round , obtuse , and particularly hollow outlines of the forehead ...
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... easily fall into consumptions . Envy takes away the appetite and sleep , and causes feverish mo- tíon ; it produces gloom , shortness of breath , impatience , restlessness , and a narrow chest . The good name of others , on which it ...
... easily fall into consumptions . Envy takes away the appetite and sleep , and causes feverish mo- tíon ; it produces gloom , shortness of breath , impatience , restlessness , and a narrow chest . The good name of others , on which it ...
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... easily discover , in this sketch of Johnson , the acute , the compre- hensive , the capacious mind , not easily de- ceived , and rather inclined to suspicion than credulity . Number 4. SHAKSPEARE . How deficient must all outlines be ...
... easily discover , in this sketch of Johnson , the acute , the compre- hensive , the capacious mind , not easily de- ceived , and rather inclined to suspicion than credulity . Number 4. SHAKSPEARE . How deficient must all outlines be ...
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