Essays on Physiognomy: For the Promotion of the Knowledge and the Love of Mankind; Written in the German Language by J. C. Lavater, Abridged from Mr. Holcrofts TranslationG. G. J. & J. Robinson, 1800 - 295 páginas |
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... internal varieties of the mind . Anger renders the mufcles protu- berant ; and fhall not therefore an angry mind and protuberant muscles be confidered as cause and effect ? After repeated obfervation , that an active and vivid eye , and ...
... internal varieties of the mind . Anger renders the mufcles protu- berant ; and fhall not therefore an angry mind and protuberant muscles be confidered as cause and effect ? After repeated obfervation , that an active and vivid eye , and ...
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... internal properties . What merchant , if he be unacquainted with the perfon of whom he purchases , does not estimate his wares by the phyfiognomy or appearance of thofe wares ? If he purchafe of a diftant cor- refpondent , what other ...
... internal properties . What merchant , if he be unacquainted with the perfon of whom he purchases , does not estimate his wares by the phyfiognomy or appearance of thofe wares ? If he purchafe of a diftant cor- refpondent , what other ...
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... internal power , invifible beginning and visible ending ? Phyfiognomy , whether understood in its most ex- tenfive or confined fignification , is the origin of all human decifions , efforts , actions , expectations , fears , and hopes ...
... internal power , invifible beginning and visible ending ? Phyfiognomy , whether understood in its most ex- tenfive or confined fignification , is the origin of all human decifions , efforts , actions , expectations , fears , and hopes ...
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... internal worth by their external appearance . The act of diffimulation itfelf , which is addu- ced as fo infuperable an objection to the truth of phyfiognomy , is founded upon phyfiognomy . Why does the hypocrite affume the appearance ...
... internal worth by their external appearance . The act of diffimulation itfelf , which is addu- ced as fo infuperable an objection to the truth of phyfiognomy , is founded upon phyfiognomy . Why does the hypocrite affume the appearance ...
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... fecret delight , the philanthropic phyfiognomist dif- cerns thofe internal motives which would other- wife be firft revealed in the world to come . He B 6 diftin diftinguishes what is permanent in the character from what is PHYSIOGNOMY .
... fecret delight , the philanthropic phyfiognomist dif- cerns thofe internal motives which would other- wife be firft revealed in the world to come . He B 6 diftin diftinguishes what is permanent in the character from what is PHYSIOGNOMY .
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Página 284 - O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God ! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out ! For who hath known the mind of the Lord, or who hath been his counsellor ? or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again ? For of him, and through him, and to him are all things : to whom be glory for ever. — Amen.
Página 283 - And he saith unto them, Are ye so without understanding also? Do ye not perceive, that whatsoever thing from without entereth into the man, it cannot defile him; 19 Because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all meats?
Página 284 - ... sakes. For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance. For as ye in times past have not believed God, yet have now obtained mercy through their unbelief; even so have these also now not believed, that through your mercy they also may obtain mercy. For God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon all.
Página 284 - Oh ! the depth of the riches, both of the wifdom and knowledge of God ! How unfearchable are his judgments, and his ways paft finding out ! For who hath known the mind of the Lord ? or who hath been hiscounfellor?
Página 272 - I have often observed that, on mimicking the looks and gestures of angry, or placid, or frighted, or daring men, I have involuntarily found my mind turned to that passion whose appearance I endeavoured to imitate : nay, I am convinced it is hard to avoid it, though one strove to separate the passion from its correspondent gestures.
Página 272 - When he had a mind to penetrate into the inclinations of those he had to deal with, he composed his face, his gesture, and his whole body, as nearly as he could into the exact similitude of the person he intended to examine ; and then carefully observed what turn of mind he seemed to acquire by this change.
Página 14 - ... whether their judgment be or be not just, or whether it be exercised unconsciously? I am wearied of citing instances so numerous, and so continually before our eyes, to prove that men, tacitly and unanimously, confess the influence which physiognomy has over their sensations and actions. I feel disgust at being obliged to write thus, in order to convince the learned of truths with which every child is or may be acquainted.
Página 146 - Name : which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flefh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
Página 12 - That wood is full of sap; this will grow, that not,' affirms he, at the first or second glance. 'Though these vine-shoots look well, they will bear but few grapes.' And wherefore? He remarks, in their appearance, as the physiognomist in the countenances of shallow men, the want of native energy. Does not he judge by the exterior? Does not the physician pay more attention to the physiognomy of the sick than to all the accounts that are brought him concerning his patient?
Página 29 - They are the foundations of all human knowledge. Man must wander in the darkest ignorance, equally with respect to himself and the objects that surround him, did he not become acquainted with their properties and powers by the aid of their externals...