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 255
spread-out fingers; the astronomer can see a star in the sky where toothers the blue expanse is unbroken; the shepherd can dis-tinguish the face of every sheep in his flock; the mosaic-worker can detect distinctions of color where others see none;and multitudes of additional examples might be given… … Mary Stuarts. Catherine cle Medicis were black, but beau-tiful, notwithstanding their craftiness and cruelty; she had all the splendor of the tiger.The eyes of Beatrice, theheavenly mistress of Dante,inclined upward. Miltonseyes must have been beauti-ful, for even in the bustswhich we see of him,…
Physiognomy · Phrenology
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