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 79
53 No. X. This forehead indicates bothgenius and folly—this, at the firstglance, may appear a contradic-tion ; but the termination of thefrontal sinus in a point—an almostinfallible mark of folly—rendersthe position less paradoxical. A man of such a countenancespeaks quickly, talks incoherently,and… … 55 No. XL Here we see a countenance thatevinces a capacity for great achieve-ments—in which patriotism andheroic virtue, worthy of ancientRome, are distinguishable ; but itmust be observed, that although itpromises fair, still it marks the manto be liable to the failings of huma-nity, and often…
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