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New physiognomy (1867)

Wells, Samuel R. (Samuel Roberts), 1820-1875 · New York, Fowler and Wells · leaf 280

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llow, not producedby any womanly art, but al-together natural. He wouldhot have spoken this way ifthe art had not been wellknown at his day. Tertullianof Carthage, one of the fa-thers of the African Church,also speaks of some of hisblack-haired countrywomenas constantly employed ingiving their hair… … QlXEEN CHKISTINA. 274 THE HAIR AND BEARD. that Claudia, surnamed Rufina (red-haired), a celebratedBritish lady, attracted so much attention at Rome. Apropos,it is related of the ancient Britons, that, not content with thenatural color of their hair, which was generally fair or yellow,they made use…

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