An original and illustrated physiological and physiognomical chart (1873) (14778803382)

Identifier: originalillustra00simm (find matches)
Title: An original and illustrated physiological and physiognomical chart
Year: 1873 (1870s)
Authors: Simms, Joseph, 1833-1920 Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana (Library of Congress) DLC Rouben Mamoulian Collection (Library of Congress) DLC
Subjects: Physiognomy
Publisher: Glasgow : Dunn & Wright, printers
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress



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hem, nor letyourself be a slave to your faculty for order. Your knife and fork arefast as useful instruments, no matter whether they lie orderly on thelight and left of your plate, or are found in the midst of the dishes onthe table; dont miad whether the shed of your hair is in a line or not;be less precise every day; and never mind whether things are agee ortamed topsy-turvy; cultivate the magpie faculty, and hide things, lestthey should be lost, where neither the owner nor anybody else can fir»dthem. Abraham Tucker complained that whenever his maid-servant hadbeen arranging his library, he could not set comfortably to work againfor several days. This is the model for you! ANGULARIT1VENES3. 137 ANGULAMTIVENESS. THE ABILITY OF APPRECIATING THE QUALITIES AND BEAUTIES OF ANGLESAND STRAIGHT LINES. Angular form of ear ^ nose, malar or cheek-bones, hrows^ knuckles, knees,and every part of the human structure cannot he mistaken by a naturalphysiognomist as the hieroglyphics of angularity.
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Angularitiveness small. Angnlaritiveness large. Edward V. of England. Born 1470. An old Cardinal, who was quite eccentric.Smothered with his brother inthe Tower of London in 1483. 1. There is no part of your structure that forms an angle, and beingthrown into curves you cannot comprehend or form anything in whichangles abound. You feel desirous even of rounding the corners of furni-ture, implements, and houses, having a constitutional aversion to sharppoints wherever they appear. 2. Having in your frame very little of the earthy or crystallizablematerial which naturally forms angles in your bones, you take nopleasure in the corners and lines of crystals and exact shapes whereinsmooth planes abound. 3. The acute and crystalogenic attractive force being but feeble inyour constitution, you fail to perceive and appreciate beauty in angles,preferring the blunt and round to the acute and sharp. 4. Your small bones give more of the curve than the angular to yourphysique; hence you prefer goi