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Definition of Physiognomies
1. physiognomy [n] - See also: physiognomy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Physiognomies
Literary usage of Physiognomies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Diseases of Society: The Vice and Crime Problem by George Frank Lydston (1906)
"... XIII ILLUSTRATIVE CRANIA AND physiognomies OF DEGENERATES— TYPES Or CRIMINALS
WHATEVER views may be held regarding the relation of physical degeneracy ..."
2. A Tour Through Holland, Along the Right and Left Banks of the Rhine, to the by John Carr (1807)
"physiognomies COMPARED....HOMAGE PAID TO GENIUS....ERASMUS'S STATUE. ... I saw
none of those sprightly physiognomies, which abound in the large towns of ..."
3. A Pilgrimage in Europe and America Leading to the Discovery of the Sources by Giacomo Costantino Beltrami (1828)
"I saw in the expression of their physiognomies both a movement of surprise, and
sentiments of affection and friendship. ..."
4. The Land of Fetish by Alfred Burdon Ellis (1883)
"Regulating the Sun—Arrival of the Ashanti Embassy—The Palaver —Ciceronian
Eloquence—A Diplomatic Fiction—A beautiful simile —physiognomies—Unhealthiness of ..."
5. Renaissance in Italy: The Fine Arts by John Addington Symonds (1906)
"... IV THE REPUBLICS The different physiognomies of the Italian Republics—The
Similarity of their Character as Municipalities—The Eights of Citizenship ..."
6. Renaissance in Italy by John Addington Symonds, ( (1898)
"CHAPTER IV THE REPUBLICS The different physiognomies of the Italian Republics—The
Similarity of their Character as Municipalities The Rights of Citizenship ..."
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