Nature's revelations of character, or, Physiognomy illustrated : a description of the mental, moral and volitive dispositions of mankind, as manifested in the human form and countenance (1887)
Simms, Joseph, 1833-1920 · New York : D.M. Bennett · leaf 270
nto the construction of the animal frame, has thedirect result of producing an ease of motion, and an absenceof constraint in the Muscular action, which comes underthe comprehensive term of Gracefulness. More than theproportionate quantity of bone, results in awkv/ardness andungainliness; while a… … Gracefulness Small—A male Hippopotamus, taken from life, in theZoological Gardens in London. form, which in .all cases is fatal to that nameless beauty ofcomportment and behaviour which we call grace. Theconditions necessary for the production of a high degreeof grace, are, a fair share of Muscular…
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