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is to say, those that must unavoidably pass through it, he will be of a sweet and amiable disposition, full of sensibility, gratitude, and love, faithful, benevolent and kind, and though subject to losses, crosses, and disappointments, will bear them with an even and agreeable temper; from this party chiefly, it is recommended to persons to choose their companions for life, either for friendship or marriage.
The mount, or ball of the thumb, bears a particular analogy to the event of a person’s life with respect to disputes, quarrels, and law-suits; if this mount has many long straight lines, reaching from the thumb to the Line of Life, they show that the person will have several personal encounters, either with hands, clubs, pistols, or swords, but if the lines are curved and crooked, they will indicate law-suits, and according to the degree of crookedness, they will be long or short; but, if these lines end in a straight direction towards the Line of Life, they will end prosperously, whether it be encounters or law-suits; if otherwise, they will be attended with an unfavourable issue; the nearer to the Line of Life these lines begin, the later in a person’s life the quarrels or law-suits will take place; and the closer to the Line of Life they end, the later in life will they terminate.
HOW TO TELL FORTUNES BY THE GROUNDS OF A COFFEE CUP.
POUR the grounds of coffee into a white cup, shake them well about in it, so that their particles may cover the surface of the whole cup; then reverse into the saucer so that superfluous parts may be drained, and the figures required for fortune-telling be formed. The person that acts the fortune-teller must bend their thoughts upon the person who wishes their fortune told, and upon their rank and profession, in order to give plausibility to their predictions. It is not to be expected upon taking up the cup, that the figures will
