Comparative physiognomy; or, Resemblances between men and animals . ume of forgotten lore, that he may not be supposed to make use of the humdrumliterature of the day; who introduces obsolete words andcoins new ones, and makes a patchwork of all languages;makes use of execrable phrases, and invents a style that maybe called his own. He has the appearance of great learning,of being able to run through the contents of musty librariesat a single glance; passes over modern discoveries, in searchof things quaint and queer, which, being monstrosities, andburied out of the sight of man, he considers
Comparative physiognomy; or, Resemblances between men and animals . ume of forgotten lore, that he may not be supposed to make use of the humdrumliterature of the day; who introduces obsolete words andcoins new ones, and makes a patchwork of all languages;makes use of execrable phrases, and invents a style that maybe called his own. He has the appearance of great learning,of being able to run through the contents of musty librariesat a single glance; passes over modern discoveries, in searchof things quaint and queer, which, being monstrosities, andburied out of the sight of man, he considers proper subjectsfor discovery. Whatever was forced upon the world as a mis-fortune and a necessity, he is particularly solicitous to bringto light. The impression that his matter is new, and out ofthe ordinary course of things, he enforces by the singularityof his style, and his verbosity and grandiloquence. Inventionhe makes synonymous with discovery, and discovery with in-vention; but his love of originality is gratified in his being 324 COMPARATIVE
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