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 . Fig. 29. —A Chinese Woman. Fig. 30.—A Sciopede Man. Rciopedes, with feet of monstrous size; and at the presentday, the inhabitants of Guinea are distinguished for longlegs, broad feet, and enormously long toes. There are,however, no records by which we can trace the origin ofthese peculiarities to capricious artifices. In America and England, the people have not alwaysbeen wliolly guiltless of tampering with the
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 . Fig. 29. —A Chinese Woman. Fig. 30.—A Sciopede Man. Rciopedes, with feet of monstrous size; and at the presentday, the inhabitants of Guinea are distinguished for longlegs, broad feet, and enormously long toes. There are,however, no records by which we can trace the origin ofthese peculiarities to capricious artifices. In America and England, the people have not alwaysbeen wliolly guiltless of tampering with their feet in obedi-ence to the laws of fashion. To say nothing of the customof wearing boots or shoes which are much too tight, ior thesake of appearing to have a small foot, it is to bs noted thatduring several centuries our own fashionables wore such 522 FASHION; OR, MAN DEFORMED BY ARTIFICIAL MEANS. long, narrow, pointed shoes, as must have been most incon-venient. We read of them so early as the reign of Henry I.,when they drew forth the severe rebukes of the were named pigacice, and are represented as havinghad points like a scorpions tail. Sometimes they wer
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