Wells, Samuel R. (Samuel Roberts), 1820-1875 · New York, Fowler and Wells · leaf 230
ortrait of that distin-guished man for an illus-tration of his remarks. Itwill be seen, notwithstand-ing our authors facetiousdescription, that the noseis a strong one, and full ofcharacter. It is a most eccentricnose; it comes within nopossible category; it islike no other mans; it hasgood poiuts,… … 224 ABOUT NOSES. knife. At first view it seems a Celestial; but Celestial it isnot; its celestiality is not heavenward, but right out into illim-itable space, pointing—we know not where. It is a regularProteus; when you have caught it in one shape, it instantlybecomes another. Turn it, and twist…
Physiognomy · Phrenology
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