Wells, Samuel R. (Samuel Roberts), 1820-1875 · New York, Fowler and Wells · leaf 233
*The eyes of men con-verse as much astheir tongues, with the advantage that the ocular dialect needsno dictionary, but is understood all the world over. Whenthe eyes say one thing and the tongue another, a practicedman relies on the language of the first. If a man be off hiscenter, his eyes show… … Fig 324—Nell GwiifiiE. SIZE OF THE EYE. 227 has said it. Yain and forgotten are all the fine offers andoffices of hospitality if there be no holiday in the eye. Howmany furtive inclinations are avowed by the eye though dis-sembled by the lips! * * * Some eyes are aggressiveand devouring, seem to…
Physiognomy · Phrenology
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