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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 159

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93 No. XXX. A downcast look, longitudinalwrinkles on the cheeks, compress-ed lips, and dull eyes, are all sym-tomatic of a melancholy man; hismouth is often drawn in, his com-plexion bilious, and his skin cVy.It is observable that persons of thischaracter have almost always de-fective teeth; their… … 95 No. XXXI. In this head we may recognisethe face of a gay and sprightlyman; repartee and epigram arehis arms, and he is capable ofwielding them with spirit and ef-fect. The mouth, with a littlehollow in the middle of the underlip, is almost always an indicationof such a character, which is…

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