Physiognomy, Or, The Corresponding Analogy Between the Conformation of the Features and the Ruling Passions of the Mind |
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... , height , arching , proportion , obli- quity , and position of the scull , or bone of the forehead , shew the propensity , degree of power , thought , and sensibility of man . The covering or PHYSIOGNOMY . 55 -Of the Forehead.
... , height , arching , proportion , obli- quity , and position of the scull , or bone of the forehead , shew the propensity , degree of power , thought , and sensibility of man . The covering or PHYSIOGNOMY . 55 -Of the Forehead.
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Johann Caspar Lavater. thought , and sensibility of man . The covering or skin of the forehead , its position , colour , wrinkles , and tension , denote the passions and present state of the mind . The bones give the internal quantity ...
Johann Caspar Lavater. thought , and sensibility of man . The covering or skin of the forehead , its position , colour , wrinkles , and tension , denote the passions and present state of the mind . The bones give the internal quantity ...
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... sensibility . It is the sense of the mind , the tongue of the understanding . " .Again , " as în nature , so in art , the eyes , are differently formed in the statues of the gods , and in heads of ideal beauty , so that the eye itself ...
... sensibility . It is the sense of the mind , the tongue of the understanding . " .Again , " as în nature , so in art , the eyes , are differently formed in the statues of the gods , and in heads of ideal beauty , so that the eye itself ...
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... sensibility , which may easily degenerate into sensuality . CHAP . X. Of the Mouth and Lips . THE Contents of the mind are communicated to the mouth . How full of character is the mouth , whether at rest or speaking , by its infi- nite ...
... sensibility , which may easily degenerate into sensuality . CHAP . X. Of the Mouth and Lips . THE Contents of the mind are communicated to the mouth . How full of character is the mouth , whether at rest or speaking , by its infi- nite ...
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... sensibility , the same capacity , act , feel , and conceive , under different circumstances ! And hence we may , in part , comprehend the possibility of predestination and liberty in one and the same subject . Take a man of the ...
... sensibility , the same capacity , act , feel , and conceive , under different circumstances ! And hence we may , in part , comprehend the possibility of predestination and liberty in one and the same subject . Take a man of the ...
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