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show a person to be credulous, foolish, and apt to be enticed to any thing. Lips of a different size denote a person to be discreet, of a ready wit, but somewhat hasty. To have one lip bigger than the other, denotes the party to be of a dull, sluggish temper, and much addicted to folly.
The lips they so much dote on for a kiss
Oft tell fond lovers when they do amiss.
Voice.—A great and full voice, in either sex, shows them to be of a great spirit, confident, proud, and wilful. A faint and weak voice shows a person of a good understanding, nimble fancy, a little eater, but weak of body and timorous. A loud and shrill voice denotes one sagacious and ingenious, but capricious, vain-glorious, and too credulous. A weak, trembling voice, denotes one to be envious, suspicious, slow in business, and fearful. A loud, shrill, and unpleasant voice, signifies one bold and valiant, but quarrelsome. A voice beginning low, or in the bass, and ending high in the treble, denotes a person to be violent, angry, bold, secure.
Thus by our voice ’tis to the artist known,
Unto what virtue, or what vice we're prone ;
And he that will of a good wife make choice,
May choose her by observing of her voice.
Chin.—A thick and full chin shows a man inclined to peace, honest, but slow of invention. A peaked chin, reasonably full of flesh, shows a good understanding, a high spirit, and laudable of eonversation. A double chin shows a man of peaceable disposition, but of dull apprehension, vain,credulous, and secret in his actions.
Ears.—Great and thick ears are certain signs of a foolish person; but small and thin ears show a person to be a good wit, grave, secret, modest, and one willing to serve his friend. He whose ears are no longer than ordinary, is a bold man, uncivil, vain, and foolish.
Whoe’er his praise unwillingly does hear.
Shows a good life as well as a good ear.
Face.—A face apt to sweat on every motion, shows the person to be of a hot constitution. A very fleshy face shows the person to be of a fearful disposition, but a merry heart, and withal, bountiful and discreet. A lean face denotes the person to be of a good understanding, but somewhat capricious.
Nails.—Broad nails show a gentle disposition, bashfulness, and afraid of speaking before superiors. If round the nails there is any excoriation, or sprouting of the skin, the person
