This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1834 edition. Excerpt: ...or, I could not place any confidence on such a man, &c. Moreover, poets and philosophers, both of ancient and modern times, have always made use of many physiognomical expressions. Solomon said: 'A haughty person, a wicked man, walks with a froward mouth, he winks with his eyes, he speaks with his feet, he ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1834 edition. Excerpt: ...or, I could not place any confidence on such a man, &c. Moreover, poets and philosophers, both of ancient and modern times, have always made use of many physiognomical expressions. Solomon said: 'A haughty person, a wicked man, walks with a froward mouth, he winks with his eyes, he speaks with his feet, he teaches with his fingers.' Ecclesiasticus observed, ' that the heart of a man changes his countenance, whether it be for good or for evil; and a merry heart makes a cheerful countenance.'t 'The envious man has a wicked eye, he turns away his face and despises man.'J 'A man may be known by his look, and one that has understanding by his countenance, when thou Prov. vi. 12, 13. ) Ecclus. xiii. 86. t Kcclus. xiv. 8. meetest him.'--Aristotle looked for external signs__in_Jhe__config-rfrtion and motions of the bodily parts. Cicero, Leibnitz, Herder, and many other ancient and modern writers have treated of this subject. 'You will make a choice, ' says Montaigne, 'between persons who are unknown to you; you will prefer one to another, and this not on account of mere beauty of form. Some faces are agreeable, others unpleasant. There is an art of knowing the look of goodnatured, weak-minded, wicked, melancholic, and other persons.' Bacon classed physiognomy among the sciences, and remarked that it was founded on observation, and ought to be cultivated as a branch of natural history. Lavater acquired great reputation by his physiognomical investigations. Finally, painters, sculptors, actors, and all who play their parts in society at large, must feel anxious to learn something of such a subject. Is it not then astonishing that this science should consist of mere isolated observations still unreduced to principles? Every one is conscious of the..
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