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ADDITIONS.

I.

THUS drawn, thus prominent, ought the countenance to be which the physiognomist is to read. Form and traits, all and each, are determinate.-Hard perhaps—but with all possible harmony.

No false pretender; worthy, faithful, regular, benevolent. More than the dry hardness of the mouth betokens these. Such is this sanguine-phlegmatic countenance

Capacity, love of order, resolution, fit for active life, sensation for the beautiful, the accurate, the highly finished. No artist, but very capable of being one.

II.

THE shade more significant than the full face, which has been composed, feature after - feature, at various times, by the artist, who, without preserving the character, has thus destroyed the effect of the whole. Both however are expressive of a good, an honest, and an active man; but who, with eye actually so dull, could have but little penetration. The nose, in the shade, has more poe

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