New Physiognomy : or signs of character, as manifested through temperament and external forms, and especially in the "the human face divine." . THE DELINEATOR OF LIFE. 721 THE DELINEATOR OF LIFE AND CHARACTER. Charles Dickens head is broader and his mind more etherealin its tendencies than that of Buckle. Possessing large percep-tives and a well-developed reflective intellect, he is at once theclose observer andthe shrewd , HumanNature, Mirthfulness,and Ideality are lead-i n g should excel inthe graphic delinea-tion of character andin the description ofsce
New Physiognomy : or signs of character, as manifested through temperament and external forms, and especially in the "the human face divine." . THE DELINEATOR OF LIFE. 721 THE DELINEATOR OF LIFE AND CHARACTER. Charles Dickens head is broader and his mind more etherealin its tendencies than that of Buckle. Possessing large percep-tives and a well-developed reflective intellect, he is at once theclose observer andthe shrewd , HumanNature, Mirthfulness,and Ideality are lead-i n g should excel inthe graphic delinea-tion of character andin the description ofscenery, evincinggrace and skill, witand humor. Lan-guage is very con-spicuous. He is well-fitted for an artist, beit the limner or theword painter* has dash—and is racy and Fig. 1025.— Dickens,* He can also imitate to the very life. •- Charles Dickens was born at Portsmouth, England, February 7, 1812,He was intended by his father for the law, and to that end placed in anattorneys office in London. Here, however, he became discontented, andat length left law for letters, and in the capacity of a reporter attachedhimself to a London newspaper. In this new field his intellectual abilitysoon manifested itself He wrote a series of sketches on London life whichsoon gained public approval. The Pickwick Papers, a comic workwhich appeared in monthly editions, obtained for him an enviable popu-larity. Since that time Mr. Dickens has written many novels illustrativeof society in its various phases, prominent among which are * OliverTwist, Dombey and Son, and Nicholas Nickleby. As a writerhe certainly excels in the intimate knowledge of human nature whichhis writings display, and in the quaintness of his humor and his powersof combination and description
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