Nature's revelations of character; or, physiognomy illustratedA description of the mental, moral and volitive dispositions of mankind, as manifested in the human form and countenance . ,and happy natures. All things in naturecorrespond and harmoni;2e,and when the chin isdimpled the entire fleshof the body and face in-clines to partake of thedimpled natui-e. The but-tock of a child often willhave dimples, as well as its legs, arms, breast, and Love, Faith, Intuition, and Innocence. i n • • .1 neck, all evincing the merry and loving soul. When one dimple is seen, we at once draw the inference th
Nature's revelations of character; or, physiognomy illustratedA description of the mental, moral and volitive dispositions of mankind, as manifested in the human form and countenance . ,and happy natures. All things in naturecorrespond and harmoni;2e,and when the chin isdimpled the entire fleshof the body and face in-clines to partake of thedimpled natui-e. The but-tock of a child often willhave dimples, as well as its legs, arms, breast, and Love, Faith, Intuition, and Innocence. i n • • .1 neck, all evincing the merry and loving soul. When one dimple is seen, we at once draw the inference that the tendency of that whole system is to partake of the same character. Superabundance of adipose tissue, with small boiics and Weak muscles, will so round out the form as to give it the. 410 DIMPLES, dimply nature. These dimples will be found to shew them-selves in the places where fat is least laid on, and by thefilling up in the more natural places of deposit will leavedimples. Such persons as those of a dimpled nature willbe naturally lovable, good-natured, fond of being petted,and extremely musical in soul. Rarely do we see dark-complexioned people much agreeable peculiarity is more apt to accompany blueeyes, florid or blond complexion, and well rounded might as well look for lightning in winter, in temperateclimates, or for grapes on the oak, as for dimples on someforma. Those lank, tall, and spare people, who are naturallyso, and have always been thin, and ever will remain so, donot afford evidences of dimpled natures. Neither AbrahamLincoln nor the Duke of Wellington partook of this char-acter. Lincoln shewed no particular devotion to music;and the Duke once remarked that no music was so sweet asa hundred cannons in full play (when you we
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