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The pocket Lavater, or, The science of physiognomy : to which is added, an inquiry into the analogy existing between brute and human physiognomy, from the Italian of Porta : embellished with 44 copperplate heads (1817)

Lavater, Johann Caspar, 1741-1801, Porta, Giambattista della, 1535?-1615. De humana physiognomonia. English. Selections, Van Winkle and Wiley, printer · New-York : Published by Van Winkle & Wiley · leaf 131

An illustration from The pocket Lavater, or, The science of physiognomy : to which is added, an inquiry into the analogy existing between brute and human physiognomy, from the Italian of Porta : embellished with 44 copperplate heads, 1817, leaf 131
d be useless to search inthis physiognomy for signs of ge-nius : we can only find patience,coldness, and obstinacy; firmnessof character difficult to manage ;an understanding correct enough,but of little penetration ; benevo-lence without warmth, and fidelitywithout tenderness; or, rather, thatkind… … e^m-< 81 No. XXIV. Here is a candid, ingenuous,frank, and honest countenance,without the slightest vestige ofvice, passion, or intrigue. Greattalents are not to be expected, forthe shape of the forehead, althoughit does not deny intelligence, yetevinces no energy, but is indica-tive of…

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