New Physiognomy : or signs of character, as manifested through temperament and external forms, and especially in the "the human face divine." . Fig. 912.—Pointers. 622 COMPARATIVE PHYSIOGNOMY. fresliment, but nibbles, nibbles with those little teeth set inchat funnel jaw. Well be bound she prowls about the cup-boards at home, munching a little here and there, and findsno appetite for a good square meal. In reply to the question how can they help it ? we maystate, our bodies, brains, and faces take their shape and areformed by the cultivation they receive, and the state of mindthey are in. We m
New Physiognomy : or signs of character, as manifested through temperament and external forms, and especially in the "the human face divine." . Fig. 912.—Pointers. 622 COMPARATIVE PHYSIOGNOMY. fresliment, but nibbles, nibbles with those little teeth set inchat funnel jaw. Well be bound she prowls about the cup-boards at home, munching a little here and there, and findsno appetite for a good square meal. In reply to the question how can they help it ? we maystate, our bodies, brains, and faces take their shape and areformed by the cultivation they receive, and the state of mindthey are in. We may, therefore, take on, to some extent, thacharacter of the goose, the fox, the lion, or the donkey by in^attention to manly qualities, and by associating chiefly witbthe weak, the crafty, the mulish, or with beasts, birds, an^reptiles. Birds of a feather flock XXXV. GEAPHOMANCY AND CHIROMANCY. The more I compare the different handwritings which pass under my observation,the more I am conflimed in the idea that they are so many expressions—so many em-anations from ihe mind of the \7riter, by which you can judge of it.—Chateaubkiand.
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