An Original and Illustrated Physiological and Physiognomical Chart

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1873 Excerpt: ...scent and eager pursuit of the blood-hound in following his prey than aught else. Lay the pungent words of Shakspeare to heart:--"When I tell him he hates flattery, He says he does, being then most flattered." A. To Strengthen The Desire Of Approbation:--Act honourably and be courteous and obliging that you may gain admiration; always manifest great care about cleanliness and dress; use no cutting or Sarcastic language; in whatever you do, consult and counsel the good pleasure of others; guard against whatever is unpleasant in word or deed; manifest on all occasions a sensitive anxiety and desire to win the appreciation and high esteem of every one; and never say "I don't care." Finally, read "Lord Chesterfield's Letters to his Son." B. To Restrain And Weaken The Desire Of Approbation:-Be slovenly in dress and untidy about your person and all your surroundings; taunt and sneer at those with whom you have intercourse; encounter the world unaided by friends or acquaintances; heed not the clamour, insults, and revilings you may engender. In a word, never woo public opinion and steel your mind against adulation. Otway gives you good counsel:--"If thou hast flattery in thy nature, out with't Or send it to the Court, for there 'twill thrive!" La Rochefoucauld has well put it thus, "Flattery is a sort of bad money to which our vanity gives currency." This opinion, no doubt, inspired Tennyson's couplet:--"This barren verbiage current among men, Light, coin, the tinsel clink of compliment." INEXORABLE NESS. THE QUALITY OP BEING INEXORABLE, UNRELENTING, IRRECONCILABLE IN ENMITY. A cross, inexorable look, an aversion to laugh, and a protruding under Up, beyond the upper, are unmistakable indications of an imp...