Comparative physiognomy; or, Resemblances between men and animals (1852)
Redfield, James W · New York, Redfield · leaf 116
much she resembles the cow; annexed is a portrait of Hume,and we see how much he resembles the male animal. Whocan not discover by this countenance that the mind ruminates ?You can almost see the regurgitation, and the process of pre-paring the food for more thorough digestion. Whoever sitsdown to… … added these: large economy (you see it in the double chin,and it is large in historians); great strength (you see it in theobtuseness of the fea-tures, and of all themembers of the body);and large love of en-joyment (you see it inthe lateral projectionof the outer corner ofthe ridge of the…
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