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Article CURIOUS ACCOUNT OF A DUMB PHILOSOPHER. ← Page 4 of 4 Article VISIT TO LAVATER, Page 1 of 2 →
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Curious Account Of A Dumb Philosopher.
out-cries of Torva , and the confusion which was visible in Amiander ' s face , gave such room for susoicion , that he was immediately stormed . In short , Levisa and Amiander suffered by the hands of the common executioner ; and Torva , conscious of having been the remote cauie of all this misery , obtained leave to see her ' husband the morning of his execution ; and , on her knees , begoing pardon for her offence , ¦ stabbed herself at his feet 71
. ms , by an indiscretion , which , in the : beginning , but just exceeded the bounds of innocenry . four persons ' of : distindlion , who might have enjoyed all the happiness this world could afford , lost their lives in a miserable and shocking manner ; an iniiocenf babe was barbarousl y murdered ; and four considerable families thrown ' into a state of the deepest sorrow and affiidlion . " [ lO BE CO . VTINTIiD . J
Visit To Lavater,
VISIT TO LAVATER ,
THE CELEBRATED PHYSIOGNOMIST , AT mmc 7 KSv .-n-gF . _ ir . ANn , rv THE VKAK 1796
^ yy E staid long enough at Zuric to visit its first literary ornament , Lavater . It being known that he is willing to receive strangers , no traveller of any lettered curiosity passes through the town without paying him the homage of a visit . Heieceived us in his library , which was hung thick with portraits and engravingsof which he has a considerable collectionforming
, , a complete stud y of the ever varying expression of the human face divine . Some very wise men , who admit of no scope to that faculty of the mind called imagination , and are for ever bringing every theory to the square and the comp ss , consider his system of physiognomy as the fantastic -vision of an heated brain : " but ( hough it may be difficultit issurelyingenious and interestingto attempt reducing
, , , , to rules a science , which seems-to be founded in nature . it is surely curious to anal yse what it is so easy to feel , the charm of that expression , which is the emanation of moral qualities ; that undefinable grace which is not beauty , but something more ; without which its . enchantments lose their power of fascination , and which can shed an animated glow , a spark of divinity over the features of deformity :
< Mind , mind alone , bear witness , earth and heaven , The living fountain in itself contains Of beauteous and sublime . ' Lavater is a venerable-looking old man , with a sharp long face , high features , and a wrinkled brow : he is tall , thin , and interesting in his figure ; when serious he has a look of melancholy , almost of inquietudebutwhen he
; , smiles , his countenance becomes li ghted up with an expression of sweetness and intelligence . There is a simple eloquence in his conversation , an effusion of the heart extremely attractive : he speaks French with some difficulty , ; and whenever he is at a loss for an expression has recourse to Ge ' rjman , which J in vain begged a " Swiss gentleman , who was of ' oos
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Curious Account Of A Dumb Philosopher.
out-cries of Torva , and the confusion which was visible in Amiander ' s face , gave such room for susoicion , that he was immediately stormed . In short , Levisa and Amiander suffered by the hands of the common executioner ; and Torva , conscious of having been the remote cauie of all this misery , obtained leave to see her ' husband the morning of his execution ; and , on her knees , begoing pardon for her offence , ¦ stabbed herself at his feet 71
. ms , by an indiscretion , which , in the : beginning , but just exceeded the bounds of innocenry . four persons ' of : distindlion , who might have enjoyed all the happiness this world could afford , lost their lives in a miserable and shocking manner ; an iniiocenf babe was barbarousl y murdered ; and four considerable families thrown ' into a state of the deepest sorrow and affiidlion . " [ lO BE CO . VTINTIiD . J
Visit To Lavater,
VISIT TO LAVATER ,
THE CELEBRATED PHYSIOGNOMIST , AT mmc 7 KSv .-n-gF . _ ir . ANn , rv THE VKAK 1796
^ yy E staid long enough at Zuric to visit its first literary ornament , Lavater . It being known that he is willing to receive strangers , no traveller of any lettered curiosity passes through the town without paying him the homage of a visit . Heieceived us in his library , which was hung thick with portraits and engravingsof which he has a considerable collectionforming
, , a complete stud y of the ever varying expression of the human face divine . Some very wise men , who admit of no scope to that faculty of the mind called imagination , and are for ever bringing every theory to the square and the comp ss , consider his system of physiognomy as the fantastic -vision of an heated brain : " but ( hough it may be difficultit issurelyingenious and interestingto attempt reducing
, , , , to rules a science , which seems-to be founded in nature . it is surely curious to anal yse what it is so easy to feel , the charm of that expression , which is the emanation of moral qualities ; that undefinable grace which is not beauty , but something more ; without which its . enchantments lose their power of fascination , and which can shed an animated glow , a spark of divinity over the features of deformity :
< Mind , mind alone , bear witness , earth and heaven , The living fountain in itself contains Of beauteous and sublime . ' Lavater is a venerable-looking old man , with a sharp long face , high features , and a wrinkled brow : he is tall , thin , and interesting in his figure ; when serious he has a look of melancholy , almost of inquietudebutwhen he
; , smiles , his countenance becomes li ghted up with an expression of sweetness and intelligence . There is a simple eloquence in his conversation , an effusion of the heart extremely attractive : he speaks French with some difficulty , ; and whenever he is at a loss for an expression has recourse to Ge ' rjman , which J in vain begged a " Swiss gentleman , who was of ' oos