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very few of the strongly arched, or remarkably snub nosed; our character, which is that of all pleasing, happy, mediocrity, is particularly seen in the feebly delineated nose.-Industry and good humour are in this mouth.

XLII.

A NOSE Superior to the former. Such are very uncommon, in Zurich, as, indeed, they are in general. I am unacquainted with any nation which is distinguished by noses so gently curved. What remains abounds with Zurich character; calm industry, mild fidelity, a desire to serve, order-loving, peaceful, benevolence,

XLIII,

A NOBLE modest person, of a melancholy phlegmatic temperament, who, likewise, has very much of that which distinguishes a citizen of Zurich from all nations, as it does, also, from the other inhabitants of Switzerland. That precision, tranquillity, fidelity, coldness, civility, firmness, assiduity, and rectitude, which are the principal characteristics of the people, are remarkably conspicuous in this profile.

XLIV.

We shall conclude these examples with the profile of a person whose father was a

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