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New physiognomy (1867)

Wells, Samuel R. (Samuel Roberts), 1820-1875 · New York, Fowler and Wells · leaf 255

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y; so were 248 ABOUT THE EYES Mary Stuarts. Catherine de Medicis were black, but beau-tiful, notwithstanding their craftiness and cruelty; she had all the splendor of the tiger.The eyes of Beatrice, theheavenly mistress of Dante,inclined upward. Miltonseyes must have been beauti-ful, for even in… … Fig. 343.—Aspasia. As the eyebrows are veryclosely connected with theeyes in action and expression,they may very properly be spoken of here. Eyebrows may be thick or thin, fine or coarse, smooth orbushy, arched or straight, regular or irregular; and each formand quality has its special significance…

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