Comparative physiognomy; or, Resemblances between men and animals . which indicates a taste for tobacco — a self-complacent appre-ciation of the quality which he calls sweet, and whichothers are insensible of, in the nature of that weed. It is aCharles Goat rather than a Charles Lamb who says in earnestto tobacco:— Plant, of rarest virtue ! Blisters on the tongue that hurts you! A likeness to the sheep betokens spiritual perceptions, andthe ability to distinguish between the peculiarities of one per- 294 COMPARATIVE PHYSIOGNOMY. son and those of another; but a likeness to the goat betokensan e
Comparative physiognomy; or, Resemblances between men and animals . which indicates a taste for tobacco — a self-complacent appre-ciation of the quality which he calls sweet, and whichothers are insensible of, in the nature of that weed. It is aCharles Goat rather than a Charles Lamb who says in earnestto tobacco:— Plant, of rarest virtue ! Blisters on the tongue that hurts you! A likeness to the sheep betokens spiritual perceptions, andthe ability to distinguish between the peculiarities of one per- 294 COMPARATIVE PHYSIOGNOMY. son and those of another; but a likeness to the goat betokensan external mind, and hence a deficient knowledge of humannature. Of course, such a character is a very superficial one ;it is hardly worth the trouble of analyzing. In the preceding figure it is easy to see that the eyes aremere windows to look out of. They observe the clothing ofthe spirit, and to them it is true that — Nature has made mans breast no windowsTo publish what goes on within doors,Or what dark secrets there inhabit,Unless his own rash fury blab i
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