Practical cheirosophy, a synoptical study of the science of the hand (1887)
Heron-Allen, Edward, 1861-1943 · New York and London, G. P. Putnam's sons · leaf 112
s violence and brutalityof mind; chained, it indicates delicacy; and ofvarying thicknesses, a capricious, fickle temper.The ages at which events have happened to onemay be told by the points at which they havemarked the line; for this purpose, it is dividedinto segments of five and ten years,… … Plate Xn.-AGES UPON THE LINES OFLIFE AND FORTUNE. CHEIROMANCY OR PALMISTRY. 109 The shorter the line, the shorter the life ; andfrom the point at which the line terminates inboth hands, may be accurately predicted thetime of death. A break in the line is alwaysan illness ; if in both hands, there…
Palmistry
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