Comparative physiognomy; or, Resemblances between men and animals . They are bound at all eventsnot to show their hands, lest peopleshould know that they have any, andshould insist upon their making useof them. The man who very muchresembles a bird invariably attemptsto live by his wits, however little hisnoddle may contain. But he is not,by any means, the only person whoadopts this method of gaining a livelihood,semble foxes and pussy-cats do the same. But as every person has an individuality of his own, whichis not to be confounded with that of any other, it is necessarythat we should be mor
Comparative physiognomy; or, Resemblances between men and animals . They are bound at all eventsnot to show their hands, lest peopleshould know that they have any, andshould insist upon their making useof them. The man who very muchresembles a bird invariably attemptsto live by his wits, however little hisnoddle may contain. But he is not,by any means, the only person whoadopts this method of gaining a livelihood,semble foxes and pussy-cats do the same. But as every person has an individuality of his own, whichis not to be confounded with that of any other, it is necessarythat we should be more particular. Here is a person (seenext page) with a sharp, bird-like countenance, who is tryingto assure himself that he has a genuine bill, or that it is not ajaw with teeth in it, by which he is in danger of being result of the examination will probably be, that he lias along bill, and that he feels like a bird. He is evidently ofthe kind that was forbidden to the Jews, for the reason prob-ably that he is too much like them to be taken in; and his. Those who re- 1- ( -MIAKATIVi: PHYSIOGNOMY.
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