The British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences. Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 10Mitchell, Ames, and White, 1818 - Natural history |
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... denotes the degree of thought , the sensibility , the mental vigour , and the propensities of man ; and at the same time the skin of this part of the head explains , by its hue , tension , or wrinkles , the state of the mind at the ...
... denotes the degree of thought , the sensibility , the mental vigour , and the propensities of man ; and at the same time the skin of this part of the head explains , by its hue , tension , or wrinkles , the state of the mind at the ...
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... denote a tendency to sensuali- ty , belong exclusively to a character de- serving of admiration in most relations of ... denotes a fanciful character . Let the moment be remarked , when the conceit of the jocular man descends to the lip ...
... denote a tendency to sensuali- ty , belong exclusively to a character de- serving of admiration in most relations of ... denotes a fanciful character . Let the moment be remarked , when the conceit of the jocular man descends to the lip ...
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... denotes the point of the shield , when couped square ; a part remaining under the square , of a different colour or metal from the shield . This has been sometimes used as a mark of bastardy , and called champaigne for , when the ...
... denotes the point of the shield , when couped square ; a part remaining under the square , of a different colour or metal from the shield . This has been sometimes used as a mark of bastardy , and called champaigne for , when the ...
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