Comparative physiognomy; or, Resemblances between men and animals (1852)
Redfield, James W · New York, Redfield · leaf 230
te breast, reflected inthe placid bosom of the water, and finding there nothing todisplease him, he is settled upon his lees, and floats indowny voluptuousness like a spirit in a snow-white cloud, notdoubting but that he is as much an object of devotion to oth-ers as he is to himself. He carries… … THE SWAN. 227 flame is kept constantly burning, and the stars their vigilskeep in devotion to the swan, who, floating all night upon thewater, fancies he is floating among them. He places hishand upon his heart (figuratively speaking all the while), andasks the world to witnessits purity, the…
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