Lavater
Americannoun
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At length Harvey appeared, followed by his confederate, Harry Saxon; and it would have given sincere pleasure to a disciple of Lavater to see how well this worthy's countenance corresponded with his actions.
From The Gipsy (Vols I & II) A Tale by G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James
Lavater, with this idea for a basis, constructed a scale of perfection from the frog to the Apollo Belvidere.
From Beauty Illustrated Chiefly by an Analysis and Classificatin of Beauty in Woman by Alexander Walker
Of the hand, Lavater says, that, whether in movement or in repose, its expression cannot be mistaken: its most tranquil position indicates our natural dispositions; its flexions, our actions and our passions.
From Beauty Illustrated Chiefly by an Analysis and Classificatin of Beauty in Woman by Alexander Walker
If Lavater had seen this fisherman's physiognomy he would have pronounced it indicative of incomparable good nature.
From A Republic Without a President and Other Stories by Herbert D. (Herbert Dickinson) Ward
I should be a poor student, sire, if I had limited my enquiries to the hands only, and had not united the study of Lavater and Gall to that of Arpentigny.
From The Prussian Terror by Alexandre Dumas
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