Comparative physiognomy; or, Resemblances between men and animals . and to drown himself in obliv-ion ; and finally to struggle feebly against the ghastly messen-gers that come to torment him in the hour of dissolution. As the dog has a predisposition to be fond of carrion, andhas a large chest for the exhalation of carbonic acid gas, itis natural that the Irishman should have a leaning to ferment-ed liquor, and that his chest should be large, enabling him todispose of a great quantity of excrementitious gases by exha-lation, and thus adapting him to the evil habit he is inclinedto. Under thes
Comparative physiognomy; or, Resemblances between men and animals . and to drown himself in obliv-ion ; and finally to struggle feebly against the ghastly messen-gers that come to torment him in the hour of dissolution. As the dog has a predisposition to be fond of carrion, andhas a large chest for the exhalation of carbonic acid gas, itis natural that the Irishman should have a leaning to ferment-ed liquor, and that his chest should be large, enabling him todispose of a great quantity of excrementitious gases by exha-lation, and thus adapting him to the evil habit he is inclinedto. Under these circumstances, if the Irishman is temperate,it is a rare virtue. His countenance expresses the greatestpossible degree of sobriety, which betokens a trustworthycharacter, in which is included courage, prudence, honesty,faithfulness, integrity, and nobleness. If in this portrait of an honest dog there is not some-thing sufficiently human to de-serve all this, there is at leastperfect sobriety, and a resem-blance to a true-hearted andhonorable gentleman. Gentle-.
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