Comparative physiognomy; or, Resemblances between men and animals . creations of Darley, who seemsambitious to have his creationsclassed with those of legs ! — there is somethingin their position that beggarsdescription. What need we tospeak of the body, the arms, thehead, the features, the expres-sion ? they speak for themselves,and it is fortunate for a good ex-ample that it teaches its own les-son. By dwelling too long on thesubject of birds, we are in dan-ger of becoming nighty. Wewill simply say that the speci-mens of the rara avis are, if the popular opinion be true, veryfre
Comparative physiognomy; or, Resemblances between men and animals . creations of Darley, who seemsambitious to have his creationsclassed with those of legs ! — there is somethingin their position that beggarsdescription. What need we tospeak of the body, the arms, thehead, the features, the expres-sion ? they speak for themselves,and it is fortunate for a good ex-ample that it teaches its own les-son. By dwelling too long on thesubject of birds, we are in dan-ger of becoming nighty. Wewill simply say that the speci-mens of the rara avis are, if the popular opinion be true, veryfrequently met with. The individual above, no more thanthose preceding him, can be accused of soiling his hands byvery hard labor, and will certainly get his living in someeasy way, without any greater tax upon his wit than is naturalto him. On the following page is a real fly-away — and sheis but one of a multitude of the same variety. Whetherit be a robin, a tomtit, or a lady-bird, it is not importantto decide. But let us, if our subject does not keep us up in. 20 OOMFA B ATIVE PHYSIOGNOMY. spite of ourselves, descend from birds in general to birds inparticular. We can not make minute observations upon the wing — and are not soskilled in marksmanshipas not to require our birdto be at rest in order tohit him. When the art-
Size: 1082px × 2308px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1850, bookpubl, booksubjectphysiognomy
