Essays on Physiognomy: For the Promotion of the Knowledge and the Love of Mankind, Volume 3C. Whittingham, 1804 - Facial expression |
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... never malicious , satirical , or the like . " - ( Im- portant remark . ) - " May not the essence of a foolish countenance , hence , be abstract- ed ? " — Certainly ; for what is the cause of this appearance ? The learner is incapable of ...
... never malicious , satirical , or the like . " - ( Im- portant remark . ) - " May not the essence of a foolish countenance , hence , be abstract- ed ? " — Certainly ; for what is the cause of this appearance ? The learner is incapable of ...
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... never be found on the delicate , tender , medullary head . As is the hair so are the muscles , as muscles so the nerves , as the nerves so the the bones ; as some or all of these so the powers of the mind to act , suffer , receive , and ...
... never be found on the delicate , tender , medullary head . As is the hair so are the muscles , as muscles so the nerves , as the nerves so the the bones ; as some or all of these so the powers of the mind to act , suffer , receive , and ...
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... never can arise , though its cause should be never so strongly in action , though it should be mere- ly mental , and immediately affecting none of the senses . As an opiate or spirituous liquors shall suspend the operation of grief , or ...
... never can arise , though its cause should be never so strongly in action , though it should be mere- ly mental , and immediately affecting none of the senses . As an opiate or spirituous liquors shall suspend the operation of grief , or ...
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... never be satisfied with any given answer , even though it were the most formal demonstration . ) 3 . " Diet and exercise would in vain be re- commended to the dying . " - ( There are countenances which no human wisdom or power can ...
... never be satisfied with any given answer , even though it were the most formal demonstration . ) 3 . " Diet and exercise would in vain be re- commended to the dying . " - ( There are countenances which no human wisdom or power can ...
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... never done me any injury , but I must break with him before it comes to that . 10 . 66 Physiognomy is to man as necessary ” — ( and as natural ) — " as language . " G. PASSAGES , OR MISCELLANEOUS PHYSIOG- NOMONICAL THOUGHTS FROM HOLY ...
... never done me any injury , but I must break with him before it comes to that . 10 . 66 Physiognomy is to man as necessary ” — ( and as natural ) — " as language . " G. PASSAGES , OR MISCELLANEOUS PHYSIOG- NOMONICAL THOUGHTS FROM HOLY ...
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Page 55 - God hath tempered the body together, having given more abundant honour to that part which lacked ; that there should be no schism in the body; but that the members should have the same care one for another.
Page 51 - Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart.
Page 52 - Nay, but O man, who art thou that repliest against God ? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus...
Page 48 - Verily I say unto you, All sins shall be forgiven unto the sons of men, and blasphemies wherewith soever they shall blaspheme : 29 But he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness, but is in danger of eternal damnation : 30 Because they said, He hath an unclean spirit.
Page 55 - But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty; and base things of the world, and things which are despised hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are: that no flesh should glory in his presence.
Page 44 - Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast.
Page 45 - The light of the body is the eye: therefore when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light; but when thine eye is evil, thy body also is full of darkness. Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee be not darkness.
Page 53 - For God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon all. O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God ! How unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past rinding out!
Page 53 - Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour...
Page 46 - Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth : 6 And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away.