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 548
such nails, or theywould break off with use long before they attained sucha size (fig. 26). We have heard of coloured ladies in Demerara whocultivated long tapenng nails, to shew that, through theindulgence of their temporary husbands, they were utterlyexempt from every kind of work. There is… … jjV. 27.—Miss Tight-laced. Youngmaji, there is a life-time of miserytied up in this waspish fonxu Fig. 28.—Natural -waist. Herareside health, joy, and love. 520 FASHION; OR, MAN DEFORMED BY ARTIFICIAL MEANS. a wasp-like smallness of waist was a great beauty. Anyone above two score years of age can…
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