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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 242

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irom azure skies the light they wear. Every one recognizes the mirthful expression referred to, butit would be difficult to describe it so far as it afiects the eyealone. The actionof the eyelids insuch cases is, how-ever, susceptible ofillustration. In laughing (andin crying also), theouter circle… … Fig. S41.—Laughtbb. during every violent act of expiration, whether in hearty laugh-ter, sneezing, coughing, or weeping, there is apparently a ret-rograde impulse imparted to the blood in the veins, whichnot only extends the vessels, but is even regurgitated into theminute branches; and were the…

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