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New physiognomy (1867)

Wells, Samuel R. (Samuel Roberts), 1820-1875 · New York, Fowler and Wells · leaf 282

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long enough to fall tothe feet, and so abundant as, when shaken loose, to concealthe whole person. Byron, describing one of his heroines, Her clustering hair, whose longer locks were rolledIn braids behind, and, though her stature wereEven the highest for the female mold,They nearly reached the… … .Ml Willwi/! just as it grew, with the exception of the priests, who had Fis- 379-~A Greek Gikl- theirs cut every fortnight while waiting in the temple. The Nazarites were forbidden to touch their heads with a rasor. 276 THE HAIK AND BEARD. Baldness was particularly deprecated. Among the later…

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