Comparative physiognomy; or, Resemblances between men and animals (1852)
Redfield, James W · New York, Redfield · leaf 157
sible. Besides, it very frequently happens that the per-son who resembles the peacock loses himself in dress andequipage, like the peacock in the splendor and magnificenceof his plumage. Nevertheless, there is to be discovered asimilarity in countenance, particularly in the eye. In thefollowing… … rz^^e^ The fashion of that beard more, even, than the quantity, re-minds us of the words, Thou hast more hair on thy chin,than Dobbin, my fill-horse, has on his tail. What could bemore peacock-like than the nose, the eyes, the softly-featheredhead, and even the beard spreading all around, like…
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