Physiognomy illustrated; or, nature's revelations of character. A description of the mental, moral, and volitive dispositions of mankind, as manifested in the human form and countenance (1887)
Simms, Joseph, 1833-1920 · New York, Murray Hill Publishing Company · leaf 205
IGNS AND PRINCIPLES. signs, it is simply the superabundance of longj and oftindulged habit. SONIDIFFUSITIYENESS.—CAPACITY TO SING. THE CAPACITY OF PRODUCING OR MAKING A SOUND ORMUSICAL TONE WITH THE MOUTH—VOCIFERATIVENESS. A full throat, large tliorax, open nostrils, and protrudinglips, with good… … Sonidiffusitiveness Small —An Irish Sonidiffusitiveness Large — Parepa peasant, wlio could not sound a Rosa, a celebrated singer, note correctly. The mouth being the only point of egress throughoutthe system from which it is possible to give forth soundsof a musical character, it naturally follows…
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