Comparative physiognomy; or, Resemblances between men and animals . in their homes, maybe referred to it. It places them in a beautiful relation tothe Italians, as it places the cow in a beautiful relation to thehorse. If the young Englishman presented at the beginning of thischapter was reared on milk, on the opposite page is certainlya specimen that is fed on beef. You have only to deprivethe Englishman of the exquisite love of enjoyment above re-ferred to, and the roughness, obtuseness, vast strength, andwant of refinement of both the moral and intellectual percep-tions, stand forth bold an
Comparative physiognomy; or, Resemblances between men and animals . in their homes, maybe referred to it. It places them in a beautiful relation tothe Italians, as it places the cow in a beautiful relation to thehorse. If the young Englishman presented at the beginning of thischapter was reared on milk, on the opposite page is certainlya specimen that is fed on beef. You have only to deprivethe Englishman of the exquisite love of enjoyment above re-ferred to, and the roughness, obtuseness, vast strength, andwant of refinement of both the moral and intellectual percep-tions, stand forth bold and prominent. The mad bulls ofEngland are famous the world over, and they are the personi-fications of a certain class of Englishmen; but the one wehave here is not mad. He may be an Italian converted intoa Briton — a horse into an ox : he is simply gross, sensual, im-perious, domineering, heavy and strong, stolid and obtuse,ungracious and wanting in sense of propriety! He answersvery well to one of the varieties of Englishmen as given bySpenser:— TOE OX. 115. 11 The miller was a stout carl, deep of tones,Right large he was of brawn, and eke of bones;With shoulders broad and short — a knob or gnarr —There was no door but hed heave up the bar,Or break, by running at it with his head ;His beard, as any sow or fox, was red ! The ox is the very personification of repulsiveness, indi-cated in the size and strength of the spinal marrow, and bythe extraordinary strength imparted to the muscles of theback. Emerson says of the Englishman, that the axis ofhis eyes is united to his back-bone. We understand by thisthat he is quick to see whatever he does not like, that his eyesare the sentinels of his repulsiveness, and that with repulsive-ness he guards his eyes. The same shrewd observer says:The Englishman is remarkable for his pluck. He showsyou that he means to have his rights respected. He knowsjust what he wants, and he means to have it. He is sure to letit be known if he is n
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