American Edition of the British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences ; Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 10Mitchell, Ames and White, 1821 |
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... considerable distance ; it is very common in Barbadoes and Japan . PHYLICA , in botany , a genus of the Pentandria Monogynia class and order . Natural order of Dumosæ . Rhamni , Jus- sieu . Essential character : perianth five- parted ...
... considerable distance ; it is very common in Barbadoes and Japan . PHYLICA , in botany , a genus of the Pentandria Monogynia class and order . Natural order of Dumosæ . Rhamni , Jus- sieu . Essential character : perianth five- parted ...
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... mark of wisdom , as many wise men have been known without it : those thus circumstanced have more firmness , when the forehead rests perpendicularly upon horizontal eye - brows , and is considerably rounded towards PHYSIOGNOMY .
... mark of wisdom , as many wise men have been known without it : those thus circumstanced have more firmness , when the forehead rests perpendicularly upon horizontal eye - brows , and is considerably rounded towards PHYSIOGNOMY .
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... considerably rounded towards the temples . Perpen- dicular foreheads , which , however , pro- ject so as not to rest on the nose , and which are short , small , shine , and are full of wrinkles , give undoubted in- dications of a ...
... considerably rounded towards the temples . Perpen- dicular foreheads , which , however , pro- ject so as not to rest on the nose , and which are short , small , shine , and are full of wrinkles , give undoubted in- dications of a ...
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... considerable size , is a mark of indolence and sensuality . The " cut through , sharp drawn lip , " as Lavater terms some , has to contend with avarice and anxiety . Lips closed accurately , without exertion , and handsome in their ...
... considerable size , is a mark of indolence and sensuality . The " cut through , sharp drawn lip , " as Lavater terms some , has to contend with avarice and anxiety . Lips closed accurately , without exertion , and handsome in their ...
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... considerably modified . Instead of a constant union of the composing par- ticles , we observe them in a state of con- tinual circulation from without inwards , and from within outwards . Thus , a living body is a structure into which ...
... considerably modified . Instead of a constant union of the composing par- ticles , we observe them in a state of con- tinual circulation from without inwards , and from within outwards . Thus , a living body is a structure into which ...
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