Comparative physiognomy; or, Resemblances between men and animals (1852)
Redfield, James W · New York, Redfield · leaf 247
s them to live in an ele-ment that is shifting; and these are theywho talk of stability in the government, andbuild their houses upon the sand. Then thereare toads ugly and venomous, that live upon the vaporof a dungeon, by which their brains are rendered prolific —toads who never change their… … THE FROG. 245 sent to the galleys, banished, or imprisoned. Then there aretree-toads, who take the hue of the times in which they live,and who are more elevated in feelings and sentiments thanthe frogs who surround them, and who redeem the characterof the toad, and offer encouragement and example…
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