Essays on Physiognomy: For the Promotion of the Knowledge and the Love of Mankind, Volume 3C. Whittingham, 1804 - Facial expression |
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... true , importantly false , or ill defined . 1 . " We are told that men with arched and pointed noses are witty ; and that the blunt nosed are not so . " A more accurate definition is necessary , which , without drawing , is almost ...
... true , importantly false , or ill defined . 1 . " We are told that men with arched and pointed noses are witty ; and that the blunt nosed are not so . " A more accurate definition is necessary , which , without drawing , is almost ...
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... true that people with tender , thin , sharply defined , angular , noses , pointed be- low , and something inclined toward the lip , are witty , when no other features contradict these tokens ; but that people with blunt noses are not so ...
... true that people with tender , thin , sharply defined , angular , noses , pointed be- low , and something inclined toward the lip , are witty , when no other features contradict these tokens ; but that people with blunt noses are not so ...
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... true , and not true , that certain blunt noses are insuperable obstacles to the attainment of wit . Not true ; for before the blunt form of the nose was thus defined , the possibility did not exist , that , in this given mind , and in ...
... true , and not true , that certain blunt noses are insuperable obstacles to the attainment of wit . Not true ; for before the blunt form of the nose was thus defined , the possibility did not exist , that , in this given mind , and in ...
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... if you please , generally true that , the more brain the more mind and capacity . The more stupid animals are those with least brain ; and those with most the wisest . Man , generally wiser , has more brain 4 EXTRACTS FROM AN ESSAY.
... if you please , generally true that , the more brain the more mind and capacity . The more stupid animals are those with least brain ; and those with most the wisest . Man , generally wiser , has more brain 4 EXTRACTS FROM AN ESSAY.
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... true , requires much definition and limi- tation . Where the matter and form of the brain are similar , there the greater space for the residence of the brain is , certainly , the sign , cause , and effect of more and deeper ...
... true , requires much definition and limi- tation . Where the matter and form of the brain are similar , there the greater space for the residence of the brain is , certainly , the sign , cause , and effect of more and deeper ...
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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.