Physiognomy : A practical and scientific treatise. Being a manual of instruction in the knowledge of the human physiognomy and organism, considered chemically, architecturally, and mathematically; embracing the discoveries of located traits, with their relative organs and signs of character, together with the three grand natural divisions of the human face (1881)
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admirably adapted to thepreservation of the body, presiding, as it does, over all thefunctions of digestion, and guarding the avenues of approachto the stomach by its keenness of scent, which soon detectsqualities of food unsuited to the sustentation of the body.Short noses are not so efficient in… … EDMUND SPENSEE. (Cautiousness.) Cautiousness is one of the leading signs of character in the countenance of thisportrait of Spenser, an English poet of the sixteenth century. His biographies attestthat he was exceedingly cautious, almost to timidity. Delicacy, sensitiveness, andshyness are often…
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