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New physiognomy (1867)

Wells, Samuel R. (Samuel Roberts), 1820-1875 · New York, Fowler and Wells · leaf 623

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Fig. 897.—Fox. Fig. 898.—Foxy. his good qualities and be a useful member of society. Onemay be bearish and yet not unbearable. The ancients seemto have had considerable respect for the bear, in the feminine 6W COMPARATIVE PHYSIOGNOMY gender at least, for we have from the Latin the not uncommonname… … Fig. 899.—Lion. Fig. 900.—Leonine. blunt, uncouth, restless—walking back and forth, with no ap-parent object, like a bear in a cage—and when he speaks it iswith a grunt or a growl, rather than in kindly and cultivatedaccents. We sometimes meet ^uch persons—more frequentlyon shipboard—and are…

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