Comparative physiognomy; or, Resemblances between men and animals . ?>.) COMPARATIVE PHYSIOGNOMY. iatioD of ideas and the face of that individual shows aaemblance to the lion. That very face, if it ap-proached more literally to the lion,to which it bears a resemblance,would be that of a regular bruis-er ; for the theatre in which hislion-quality exercises itself is onerequiring pickaxe, and crowbar,and horse-power, literally to theend of time. Where this is thecase, horse-power may be consid-ered as synonymous with reasoncaught in the process of a demon-stration and unable to extricate itse
Comparative physiognomy; or, Resemblances between men and animals . ?>.) COMPARATIVE PHYSIOGNOMY. iatioD of ideas and the face of that individual shows aaemblance to the lion. That very face, if it ap-proached more literally to the lion,to which it bears a resemblance,would be that of a regular bruis-er ; for the theatre in which hislion-quality exercises itself is onerequiring pickaxe, and crowbar,and horse-power, literally to theend of time. Where this is thecase, horse-power may be consid-ered as synonymous with reasoncaught in the process of a demon-stration and unable to extricate itself. It is there bound likeIxion to a wheel, to suffer torture, till the power that residesin a complication of wheels comes to its relief. The horse, itshould be observed, is horribly afraid of the lion. The person represented on the preceding page (De WittClinton) has a German face, and the Germans as a nation re-semble lions. Of the next two figures, the countenance of.
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