Essays on physiognomy; calculated to extend the knowledge and the love of mankind (1797)
Lavater, Johann Caspar, 1741-1801 · London, Sold by H.D. Symonds · leaf 317
old itsmeaning, In this fcull, at leaft: in the drawing, this curve is one of theleafl expreffive. Better arched, or more regularly bent, it wouldpromife much more character, that is, greater energy and pene-tration. Confider, thirdly, the three futures, their curvature in general,and above all,… … LAVATERS PHYSIOGNOMY. I57 Finally, one ought to examine the under part of the head, thecurve which refults from that pofition, and in particular thecavity, the flatnefs, or the arch of that portion upon which the fcullrefts. In the one before us we fhall diftinguifh: a. The arch produced by the row…
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