Comparative physiognomy; or, Resemblances between men and animals . The owl has dignity—he has no notion of being put out ofcountenance. He fancies that all the birds of the forest havecome to see him, when in reality they have come to pick athim : therefore he stands stock still, like a wax figure, ashighly gratified at being looked at as in looking. He sets theexample of mute astonishment, as that which is most be-coming to the spectators, interrupted now and then by a hootor a screech, according as the subject is merely wonderful orof the nature of something terrific. He exhibits an indiffe
Comparative physiognomy; or, Resemblances between men and animals . The owl has dignity—he has no notion of being put out ofcountenance. He fancies that all the birds of the forest havecome to see him, when in reality they have come to pick athim : therefore he stands stock still, like a wax figure, ashighly gratified at being looked at as in looking. He sets theexample of mute astonishment, as that which is most be-coming to the spectators, interrupted now and then by a hootor a screech, according as the subject is merely wonderful orof the nature of something terrific. He exhibits an indiffer-ence to the honors that are paid him, for the simple reasonthat Nature compels him to affect the eagle, and has givenhim a vast deal of ostentation. He sits in judgment on oth-ers— is the severest, and in his own estimation the wisest, ofcritic-. A- wise as an owl is a proverb that places him ona lcvd with Solomon, whose fondness for collecting all thestrange and wonderful sights in nature and art furnished himwith knowledge, and made him all the wiser. The
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