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SECTION XIX.. The Physiognomy.

The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 01 (of 12) · Edmund Burke — chapter 65 of 105 · ~91 words · public domain

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THE PHYSIOGNOMY.

The physiognomy has a considerable share in beauty, especially in that of our own species. The manners give a certain determination to the countenance; which, being observed to correspond pretty regularly with them, is capable of joining the effect of certain agreeable qualities of the mind to those of the body. So that to form a finished human beauty, and to give it its full influence, the face must be expressive of such gentle and amiable qualities, as correspond with the softness, smoothness, and delicacy of the outward form.

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