New Physiognomy : or signs of character, as manifested through temperament and external forms, and especially in the "the human face divine." (1889)
Wells, Samuel R. (Samuel Roberts), 1820-1875 · New York : Fowler & Wells · leaf 237
TED EYE PRAYERFULTiTESS. In Chapter VIII. we describ-ed six muscles as concerned inthe movements of the eye.Their action is shown in theaccompanying diagram (fig.333). One of them (the rec-tus superior)^ as we haveshown, draws the globe of theeye directly upward (c). Itshabitual action indicates… … Fig. 332. —PBAYERriTLNESS. PRATERFULNESS 231 ed. Instinctively we bow the body and raise the eyes inprayer, as though the visible heavens were the seat of God.In the language of the poet— Prayer is the upward glancing of the eye,When none but God is near. Although the savage does not always…
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