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 548
uch nails, or theywould break off with use long before they attained sucha size (fig. 26). We have heard of coloured ladies in Demerara whocultivated long tapering nails, to shew that, through theindulgence of their temporary husbands, they were utterlyexempt from every kind of work. There is… … Yig. 27.—Miss Tight-laced. Youngman, there is a life-time of miserytied up in this waspish form. Fig. 28.—Natural waist. Her«reside health, joy, and love. 520 FASHION; OR, MAN* DEFOTIMEI) BY ARTIFICIAL MEANS. a wasp-like smallness of waist was a great beauty. Anyone above two score years of age can…
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