British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 10Mitchell, Ames, and White, 1821 |
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... less broad than the breadth of the skull , and that among the Asiatics they are much broader . The most unequivocal proofs exist of family physiognomy , or in other words , family resemblance . Buffon , Bonnet , Haller , and many others ...
... less broad than the breadth of the skull , and that among the Asiatics they are much broader . The most unequivocal proofs exist of family physiognomy , or in other words , family resemblance . Buffon , Bonnet , Haller , and many others ...
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... less activity : a compressed , short and firm forehead , more compression , stability , and little volatility ; severity and pertinacity belong to the rectilinear ; and the more curved than angular portends flexibility and ten- derness ...
... less activity : a compressed , short and firm forehead , more compression , stability , and little volatility ; severity and pertinacity belong to the rectilinear ; and the more curved than angular portends flexibility and ten- derness ...
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... less ob- lique , better shaped , and more firm . The eye - brows are essential in the ex- pression of the eyes ; in anger they are brought down and contracted ; in all plea- sant sensations , and in astonishment , they assume a fine ...
... less ob- lique , better shaped , and more firm . The eye - brows are essential in the ex- pression of the eyes ; in anger they are brought down and contracted ; in all plea- sant sensations , and in astonishment , they assume a fine ...
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... less enterprising disposition ; when the extremes are re- mote from each other , the sensations of the possessor are sudden and violent . White eye - brows are demonstrative of weakness , in the same degree that the dark - brown are of ...
... less enterprising disposition ; when the extremes are re- mote from each other , the sensations of the possessor are sudden and violent . White eye - brows are demonstrative of weakness , in the same degree that the dark - brown are of ...
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... less strongly in form and structure , appear to resist for a certain time the laws which govern in- animate matter , and even to act on sur- rounding objects in a manner quite con- trary to these laws , we employ the ex- pressions of ...
... less strongly in form and structure , appear to resist for a certain time the laws which govern in- animate matter , and even to act on sur- rounding objects in a manner quite con- trary to these laws , we employ the ex- pressions of ...
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The British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences ..., Volume 10 William Nicholson Affichage du livre entier - 1818 |
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