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20THE GOLDEN FORTUNE-TELLER

Nose.—A long and thin noso denotes a man bold, furious, angry, vain, and credulous. A bottle-nose is what denotes a man to be vain, false, luxurious, weak, and uncertain. A nose broad in the middle, and less toward the end, denotes a vain, talkative person, a liar, and ono of a bad fortune. Ho who hath a long and great nose, is an admirer of the fair sex, addicted to vice, and very ignorant. A nose that turns up, and is long and full on the tip of it, shows a person that has it to be bold, envious, luxurious, a liar, and a deceiver. He whose nose riseth high in the middle, is prudent and polite, and of great courage. A nose big at the end shows a person to be of a peaceable disposition, industrious, and faithful, and of a good understanding.

Mouth.—A great and wide mouth shows a man to be bold, a great liar, and a great talker and eater. A little mouth shows the person to be of a quiet, pacific temper, secret, modest, and bountiful.

Lips.—The lips, when they are very big and blubbering, show a person to bo 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