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 543
t on a nation of such afashion set by the queen (see fig. 13). In Peruviana, hundreds of years ago, a large nose wasconsidered desirable, as in fig. 14 The people took greatpains accordingly to pull the nose out of its natural dimen-sions. The Persians of old held high noses in admiration,Cyrus… … rig. 16.—A Kyast Banian Woman, ofSurat, in Western India. Fig. 17.—A Flat-head Indian. Some of the North American Indian tribes bore theirnoses through the septum, and insert sticks, quills, orpieces of ivory, holding thia style to be a mark of beauty.For, However horrid a fashion mav be, or…
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