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 49
charac-teristic of a calculating, deep-think-ing mind; his forte lies in thosesciences which demand precision,profundity, and unwearied appli-cation; he may be a good geome-trician, but not a poet—never canhe rise to sublimity; his features,however, do not represent the firm-ness and severity which… … 39 No. III. We are struck, at the firstglance, with the air of probitywhich is observable in this face;the mouth expresses, at once, kind-ness, delicacy, and experience; thechin, gently projecting, and trian-gular, marks a mind firm withoutobstinacy, and a benevolent heart.Although* the forehead…
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