Essays On Physiognomy; Calculated to Extend the Knowledge And the Love of Mankind V. 3
The book Essays On Physiognomy; Calculated to Extend the Knowledge And the Love of Mankind V. 3 was written by author Lavater, Johann Caspar, 1741-1801 Here you can read free online of Essays On Physiognomy; Calculated to Extend the Knowledge And the Love of Mankind V. 3 book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is Essays On Physiognomy; Calculated to Extend the Knowledge And the Love of Mankind V. 3 a good or bad book?
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The eyes, and even the whole together, fufficiently chara£terize the. Virgin Mother of the Saviour; but the eye -brows are too thick, and ought to have been more arched. The under part of the nofe is mean. That mouth, open from the one angle to the other, there- by becomes infipid. The lips are ill-formed, and the chin like- wife has been neglefled. HEAD OF josEPHi, — See the Plate* r This head, in the original piflure, infpires admiration and re- fpe£l; and the very copy approaches the fublime.... The contour, however, of the forehead is palpably inaccurate ; indeed, it is not deligned in all its purity ; the eye-brows and noftril are whim- fical ; but every thing elfe announces the fandity of a patriarch, a calmnefs not to be diHurbed, venerable goodnefs, modeRy inac- ceffible to vanity, a moderation which alone would be fufiicient to form the eulogiuni of this charafter. L. INfANT HEAD OF CHRIST, -^See the Plate. When I feel myfelf under the neceffity of finding fault with works which I could have wiihed it had been in my power "to com- mend, it gives me pain.
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