Comparative physiognomy; or, Resemblances between men and animals (1852)
Redfield, James W · New York, Redfield · leaf 317
y opposite. The horns, which should betoken moral andintellectual power, like those which threw down the walls ofan ancient city, are converted into serpents, coiling aroundthe seat of infernal passions, and whispering in his ear. Spir-itual-mindedness is displaced by sensuality, mildness by… … wliose resemblance to the sheep is likewise observable. Hisis a face knotted and gnarled like that of the patriarch of the flock, or like the oak in whoseshade the flock reposes, listen-ing to the shepherds pipe, orlike the craggy cliffs wherethe oak braves the lightningand the tempest, and…
Physiognomy
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