Essays on physiognomy. ... for the promotion and the love of mankind / written in the German language by John Caspar Lavater ; tr. by Thomas Holcroft.
- Johann Kaspar Lavater
- Date:
- 1806
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Essays on physiognomy. ... for the promotion and the love of mankind / written in the German language by John Caspar Lavater ; tr. by Thomas Holcroft. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![courageous, tmc, and honourable. Gvcy cycs gene- rally dciiote deceit, instability, and indecision. JShurt siglit dcnutcs an able j)mje( tor, cral’ty and intrigning in action. The scjuinting, or false- sightcd, V\liü sec on l)oth sidcs, or ovcr and under, certainly denotes a deceithil, fral’ly person^ not casily deccivcd, inistrustl’ul, and not always to be truslCfl; one \\ho willingly avoids lahotir whcMC hc ran, indiilging in idlcnoss, play, nsiiry, and pil- fering. SinaM and dcc[) sunkrn f-ycs arc bold in Of)position ; not disconraged, intrigning, and ac- tive in wickcdness ; capable ot' sudering niuch. lairge cyrs dcnote a r(jvetous grcedy man, and especially when tliey are prominent. Eyes in con- linual moiion signil'y short or wcak sight, fear and care., The winking eye denotes an amorous dis- position, f'oresight, and finiekncss in projeeting. ’l he down-east eye shews snarne and inodesiy. Ued eyes signit'y eonrage and strength. lEight eyes, slow üt’ in(jtion, bespeak the hero, great aets, au- da(;iüus, eheerfnl, one leared by bis eneniies.” It will not be expeeted I shoidd snbscribe toall these opiniotis, thev bring most ot‘ them ill t'onnd- ed, at least ill delined. T/ie ]\i/i hrous. Evehrows vegnlarly arehed are charaeteristic of feminine yonth; reetilinear and horizontal, arc masculine; arehed and the horizontal eoinbined, denote rnasenline nnderstanding, and feminine kindness. Wild and perplexcd, denote a corresponding mind, unlessthe hair be soft, aiidthey thensignify genlle ardour. Com-](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b22029734_0072.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
