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The wonders of the little world: or, a general history of man, displaying the various faculties, capacities, powers and defects of the human body and mind / By Nathaniel Wanley.

  • Nathaniel Wanley
Date:
1806
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    BOOK TI. Which treats of the Per fections, Powers Capa- - cities, Defects, Imperfections, and Deformities of the Body of Man. OD Ie OE 1. The strange Constitution and Pro- . perties of some human Bodies 1 Chap. 2. Of Natural Antipathies in some Men te Flowers, Fruits, Flesh, and divers other ' ‘Things . - + 15 Chap. 8. Of the Signatures and natural Marks upon the Bodies of some Menand Women 20 Chap. 4, Of the marvellous: Recompense of Nature in some Persons ) 4 29 Chap, 5. Of the Head and Skull, and some - unusual Structures of them - 31 Chap. 6. Of the’Hair of the Head, how worn; and other Particularities aboutit © - 38 Chap. 7. Of the Beard, and how worn by some Persons and Nations . ~ S4 Chap. 8. Of the Teeth; with their different . Number and Situation in some : 36 Chap. 9. Of the Tongue, Voice, and Manner « of Speech in several Persons - 38 Chap. 10. Of the Eye; its Shape, and the » wonderful Liveliness and Vigour of it in some .» Persons. . - ~ 43 Chap. 11, Of the Face and Visage; the Beauty thereof, both in Men and Women = 44 _ Countenance and Behaviour of some Per- . sons . * . 48 Chap.13, Of the signal Deformity, and very mean Appearance, of some great Persons, and others 5 - = - 5] Chap. 14. Of the great Resemblance of some ; Nadia thers - - 53 Chap. 15. Of the Heart; and in what manner it hath been found in some Bodies - 58 Chap. 16. Of Giants, and such as have exceed- ped the common Proportion in Stature and _» Height _- - - 60 Chap. 17. Of Dwarfs and Men much below the . common Height oot - 65 Chap. 18.) Of the mighty Force and Strength of _ some Persons > ~ pietiz) Chap,\19. Of the marvellous Fruitfulness. of _ some ; and what Number of their Descend- + ants they have lived to see - 76 Chap. 20. Of the strange Agility and Nimble- ._ness. of some, and their wonderful Feats 82 Chap. 21. Of the extraordinary Swiftness of »_ some Men : - 85 Chap. 22. Of Men of Expedition in their Jour- neys, and great Dispatch in other Afairs 86 Chap, 23. Of the Fatness and Unwieldiness of » Some Men, and the Lightness of the Bodies _of others _ (Chap, 24. Of the Longevity, . Of some Persons ire ° 90 {hap. 25. Of the memorable Old Age of some . pot accompanied with usual Decays 100 deus - 88 or Length of Life - . Chap. 26. Of such Persons as have renewed their Ages, and grown young again 102 Chap. 27. ‘The ‘unusual Diseases ‘wherewith some have beeu afflicted - 2105 Chap. 28. Of the different and unusual Ways by which some Men have come to their Deaths ; - - Pashia 110 Chap. 29, Of the dead Bodies of soine great Persons, which, not without Ditficulty, - found their Graves; and of others not per- mitted to rest there ae ery ee aa Chap. 30. Of entombed Bodies, how found at the Opening of their Monuments - 119 Chap, 81. Of such Persons as have returned to Life after they haye been believed to be dead = + > 124 Chap. 32. Of such who, after Death, haye con- cerned themselves with the Affairs of their Frieuds and Relations - 126 Chap. 33. Of the strange Ways by which Mur- ‘ders have been discovered 12g BOOK) Il. ; Which treats of the Powers and Affections of the Senses of Man |. Chap. 1. Of the Imagination, and the Force of it in some Persons ~ - 147 Chap. 2, Of the Comprehensiveness and Fide- lity of the Memories of some Men 151 Chap. 3. Of the Sight; the Perfection of that Sense in some, and how depraved in others 160 Chap. 4. Of the Sense of Hearing, and the Quickness or Dullness of it in divers Men 163 the Delicacy of it in some, and the Want of it in others; also what Virtue hath been found in ‘the Touch of some Persons = ~ 164 Chap. 6, Of the Sense of Tasting; how exqui- . site in some, and utterly lost in others 167 Chap. 7. Of the Sense of Smelling, she Acute- ness of it insome, and the Want of it in others - Le ae? 1690 Chap. 8. Of the Passion of Love, and the Et- fects of it in divers Persons Doe Niue Tl a be 3 Chap. 9. Of the extreme Hatred in some Persons towards others © : = 176 Chap. 10. Of Fear, and its strange Effects 178 Chap. 11. Of the Passion of Anger, and the '_ strange Effects of itinsome Men - 183 Chap. 12. Of extraordinary Joy, and the Effects it has produced - - 186 Chap. 18. Ofthe’ Passion of Grief, and how it has acted upon some Men = 190 Chap. 14. Of Desire, and what have been the Wishes of some Men, for themselves, or upon their Enemies - - 192 Chap. 15. Of Hope, how great some have enter- tained, and how some have been disappointed in theirs © - - * labaail st Chap. 16. Of the scornful Dispositions of some en, and how they have been rewarded 196 ‘Chap 17. Of the envious Nature and Disposi- tions of some Men ne: 198 f. cS 4 *®»