New Physiognomy : or signs of character, as manifested through temperament and external forms, and especially in the "the human face divine." . Fig. 1040.—Mb. HoPEruL. Fig. 1041.—Mr. Trepid PHYSIOGNOMICAL ANECDOTES. 1. How THE Face Changes.—One night, an amiable younglady, who had resided almost continually in the country, andwho was remarkable for virtuous and religious sentiments,catching a glance of her own features in the glass at the in-^stant when, having performed her pious exercises, she wasgoing to replace her Bible and take away the light, impressedby her own figure, she looked down,
New Physiognomy : or signs of character, as manifested through temperament and external forms, and especially in the "the human face divine." . Fig. 1040.—Mb. HoPEruL. Fig. 1041.—Mr. Trepid PHYSIOGNOMICAL ANECDOTES. 1. How THE Face Changes.—One night, an amiable younglady, who had resided almost continually in the country, andwho was remarkable for virtuous and religious sentiments,catching a glance of her own features in the glass at the in-^stant when, having performed her pious exercises, she wasgoing to replace her Bible and take away the light, impressedby her own figure, she looked down, and her countenanceglowed with the sensations of unaffected modesty. She spentthe winter in town, encircled by a crowd of flatterers, busiedonly with trivial afiairs; lost in a vortex of fascinating delight-,she forgot both her Bible and her habits of devotion. In thespring, this young lady revisits the country, and entering herchamber, advances toward the place where her Bible lay, pre-sents herself before the glass, and changes color at the viewof her own features. She removes the light, throws herselfupon the sofa, then upon he
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