Physiognomy; or the corresponding analogy between the conformation of the features, and the ruling passions of the mind, tr. [and abridged] by S. Shaw. The title-leaf is a cancel]. |
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... knowledge of the subject , with an undeviating aim at accuracy , and with an invariable respect for can- dour and for truth . " - Monthly Review . By the same Author , A COMPENDIUM of the ENG- LISH FLORA . 12mo . 7s . 6d . The same Work ...
... knowledge of the subject , with an undeviating aim at accuracy , and with an invariable respect for can- dour and for truth . " - Monthly Review . By the same Author , A COMPENDIUM of the ENG- LISH FLORA . 12mo . 7s . 6d . The same Work ...
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... preceding age , it will appear , that very little knowledge of man has been derived ; and the falsehoods and errors with which their writings abound , are daily becoming more evident . Those systems which were vi PREFACE .
... preceding age , it will appear , that very little knowledge of man has been derived ; and the falsehoods and errors with which their writings abound , are daily becoming more evident . Those systems which were vi PREFACE .
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... knowledge , a systematical view of the physiognomonical science can hardly be expected : a collection of observations arranged but with little at- tention to method , is all the industrious Lavater promises , and all we can reasonably ...
... knowledge , a systematical view of the physiognomonical science can hardly be expected : a collection of observations arranged but with little at- tention to method , is all the industrious Lavater promises , and all we can reasonably ...
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... Knowledge of the Heart and Philanthropy . - Miscellaneous Phy- siognomonical Thoughts from Holy Writ ...... 319 CHAP . LV . Of the apparently false decisions of Phy- siognomy . Of the general Objections made to Phy- siognomy ...
... Knowledge of the Heart and Philanthropy . - Miscellaneous Phy- siognomonical Thoughts from Holy Writ ...... 319 CHAP . LV . Of the apparently false decisions of Phy- siognomy . Of the general Objections made to Phy- siognomy ...
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... by which it may be taught . Whenever truth or knowledge is explained by fixed principles , it becomes scientific , so far as it can be imparted by words , lines , rules , and defini- B tions . The question will stand simply thus : whe-
... by which it may be taught . Whenever truth or knowledge is explained by fixed principles , it becomes scientific , so far as it can be imparted by words , lines , rules , and defini- B tions . The question will stand simply thus : whe-
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