Essays on Physiognomy: For the Promotion of the Knowledge and the Love of Mankind, Volume 3C. Whittingham, 1804 - Facial expression |
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... witty . But true and certain it is that there are blunt noses which are incapable of receiving a certain quantity of wit ; therefore it may be said , with more subtlety than philosophy , they IN THE DEUTSCHEN MUSEUM . 3.
... witty . But true and certain it is that there are blunt noses which are incapable of receiving a certain quantity of wit ; therefore it may be said , with more subtlety than philosophy , they IN THE DEUTSCHEN MUSEUM . 3.
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... the author has said of enthusiasts requires much greater precision before it ought to be received as true . " Enthusiasts are said , commonly , to have flat , perpendicular , foreheads . " - Oval , 6 EXTRACTS FROM AN ESSAY.
... the author has said of enthusiasts requires much greater precision before it ought to be received as true . " Enthusiasts are said , commonly , to have flat , perpendicular , foreheads . " - Oval , 6 EXTRACTS FROM AN ESSAY.
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... receive , and give . Least irritability always ac- companies short , hard , curly , black hair ; and most the flaxen and the tender ; that is to say , irritability without elasticity . The one is oppressive without elasticity , and the ...
... receive , and give . Least irritability always ac- companies short , hard , curly , black hair ; and most the flaxen and the tender ; that is to say , irritability without elasticity . The one is oppressive without elasticity , and the ...
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... received and repelled . This would be another immense field of enquiry , another ray of the sun of truth . All is physiognomy ! ) — " Our dislike is no less for every thing which is clothed in dark colours ; and na- ture has warned ...
... received and repelled . This would be another immense field of enquiry , another ray of the sun of truth . All is physiognomy ! ) — " Our dislike is no less for every thing which is clothed in dark colours ; and na- ture has warned ...
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... receiving ? " These keys of voice a good musician , with a fine ear , should collect , class , and learn to define , so that he might place the key of the voice beside any given coun- tenance , making proper allowances for changes ...
... receiving ? " These keys of voice a good musician , with a fine ear , should collect , class , and learn to define , so that he might place the key of the voice beside any given coun- tenance , making proper allowances for changes ...
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Page 53 - God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon all. 0 the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God ! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out! For who hath known the mind of the Lord ? or who hath been his counsellor?
Page 55 - But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise, and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty, and base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen; yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are, that no flesh should glory in his presence.
Page 51 - Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart.
Page 45 - The light of the body is the eye: therefore when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light: but when thine eye is evil, thy body also is full of darkness. Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee be not darkness.
Page 46 - Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth : and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth : 6 And when the sun was up, they were scorched ; and because they had no root, they withered away.
Page 48 - Verily I say unto you, All sins shall be forgiven unto the sons of men, and blasphemies wherewith soever they shall blaspheme : 29 But he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness, but is in danger of eternal damnation: 30 Because they said, He hath an unclean spirit.
Page 55 - God hath tempered the body together, having given more abundant honour to that part which lacked ; that there should be no schism in the body, but that the members should have the same care one for another.
Page 45 - The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light. But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If, therefore, the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!
Page 52 - Take that thine is, and go thy way; I will give unto this last even as unto thee. Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good?' "So the last shall be first, and the first last; for many be called, but few chosen.
Page 154 - I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, By the roes, and by the hinds of the field, That ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please.