Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1854-11-10

faces ot that hge. Sponsors cOuniensncr, in"rtl.
had much "t the DREAMY abstra, tinn Of ChaGcrT'-,
which was natural in one who h?yclf so often in cu
chunted land; but Shakespeare ":i lis brother ir2-
matiStS, and Bacon, Sidney. Ral.i.l and the Other
great lm"iiectS Of the time, have cirnr open, Gny
light look, combined with procoull ;lnus!, ana r,.,-
tonul scIsvrnss, which is 4! nn,i p.,.uja. 70 III.
age tu which they belonged
With the civil wars of the rcia, "i Charles the
FIRST another modification ocrrrcI. Glance at tho
portraits of the rhri republican AMI religious rr.
rGtors ni thai magnificent and glorious period, and
You will find them either oversia,owrd with the mo
laucholy which general V attends un r leader, NJ
amy grcat m"vcmcm: in new Erection r"W-hrn"i
with TINT bluntncSs, both of features AMI oppression,
which indicates firm resolution 10 a'ii, =; ii! hn2.
ards by prir"iplc; the dtferelce bcins oi rouv,e
determined by Individual temperament. fh- !ornrr
character of phySl"gn"ny Is even found a:u"n: III"
rovalist-; with maiIy OF whom devotion Ia the sOyc-
reign, though carried 10 prcpu>;rro,S Gu crInira!
extent out of n high religious feeling. Cha-,,
himself had n r''narkaby beautiful and Harmonious
tacc; quiet intellectual, melancholy: a commentary
upOu his ai,rctUnAc dunc-i Ictc-, and strange H!t
painful contradiction To iir ireachcrou, and hr.u
public life. MA,on in liS calm, s,ullurn g-l 80.
almost trnnscrnds the limits of cr->itcni'r..: "a
tnkc the portrait "f that true-hcartri republican SCI
dirr md rrul gentleman, Colonel Hutchinson, rli
you will see sort of rlitomc ut the gr,a; s;.I..-
between king and people in al! is hr"i.I.. ifs lnry
ASPIRATIONS :lnd lis sad necessities II is i. .rc ".
man of enthusiasm, "f dcvoteluv>-. ri "vcr-Was'.i
iny conscience; lover OF ms KIND. VI. stern uIi,T
by abstract truth How touching and noble j. lie
physio.nomy of this brave yet gentle Suldcr. as,
rcl i'll full armor except The helmet. H." looks wl:h
nrGrnIu prophetic eyes over the Sca al blood wi cG
he knows is about ~ his green land: ready 20
>vmpathize hs q human being with every ra.' ul
whichever side, WHO may be slam, Yet resolved
rrr those n>"rcS, and I" ran tho rI-l. al death
himself for the sak" of his cuun,Yy's future We
mean no disparngemcnt Ia C"!ou"l iG:"hiu>uIs a?-
pcnrancc, when say that his portrait comes nearer
dian any thin. have yet s"cI! 10 "l.r conc ti Il
Dun QuixOte that beautiful u.,. pathetic !ra Q. be
role honor and n.s,.f-hncss wi.om popular n,ip-
prchcIsun regards hs n mere huttnon. IL - not
reasonable Ia suppose that such tarGs common
i'll the strrI sal times of two centuries ago; UI; wA,
them now You might search thrar. tic Who'll"
cXprdltlnnary army al the East and mat .u'
thing. Ot course, however there exceptions n
the time We speak of, an even anon. IlIr ul,u If M
tclrct and the party writers. C"wi"y. with lis Ion.
looks. and somewhat fat face. looks lik, iudnl"u'
happy man of lctcrs-a wise CpicUrcsn rs he WAS
and Andrew MARVEL, the honest politician, cau,t.c
-atirizcr ot kngi: abuses and cxqur. pn;' hn- III,
appearance al 4 handsome young r"u.ti"r, Win
touch oi trnubadour romance. But hr "nrdU"t- ~
int" the r,.n ui Charles the Second, ANA into enU
thrr phase of fnc".
The vitv which followed the Restoration WAS in 4
great natural and necessary r.nc,j"a upon
the vicious gloom al Puritansyn aud bad >uInr;hIuE
"t good huinor and clnrlUb!, consideration mix,i
with il, which rendered tho drprnviiy itsclf not
wholly dcprav-d. An excellent "r-mpilica'iou OF
this may be seen iu the handsome cheerful tacr ot
Wychcrley, and in those ol several other ~ tI" wits
nf that brilliant era But there i II" deep feeling, uu
| profound and hcaven-wurd intellect: sciuriia.iu.
brightness rather than broad AMI strn.lv iigh Men
had udv vanccd, also, into the clicEr!c ,"n g:
the tuinly shaven vsaSc. The h,rr,. r,ns lu lr,vo
vanished about the time OF tr Civil Var; hU' tig
moustachc held lis own until III" Restoration, wien
France from whom VIZ are now rccrIvIng the !Nrgs
sensible custom of following mHur"i dictated 20 oGr
! fashionable bloods the general H." "i the razor.
! \ marked change came over nMionrl charm
FER and therefore over our national "ysiocnomv "'.
ter the Revolution oi sixteen hundred AMI eighty
eight. Then commenced the IRA Ot cool -ubrr
at newly acquired cons;ituri"nliSrn; ot th, modem
spirit of energetic practical lie, and ol III" prrpou
drrancc of tho mercantile or shop Interest. Poetry.
enthusiasm, dcvoteGncss Ia grand nb-trGct principles.
| nj whatever cost, religious nystic-ln and purvnlug
spirituality, had departed trcIL The tacc. al all mrn,
great little; and instead therrN: wa calm. ,hr.0i
clev"rncss, comfortable donlcsticiy. The shape
of the hca too, had greatly deterorat"t IL war be-
ginning to get round and lis outline wa- often blur
red by the overlapping Of habty int. .uln"i.,. Sill
the iacc Of this period was tine lcr upon tie whole
and infinitely superior TO that Of th- nry: as": hU
begin TO the anmalisius effect Of habits =" il.
| temperance creeping slowly upwards from tho
Iarging inv. Look ut the portrait "f DRYDEN In
ellect sits clearly and brightly the broad brow end
penetrating cyea; but the mouth though full oi ey
preston, is thick and pulpy, And Ills tendency Q;
face, which the airy wit OF the period ut Anne kea:
| in check advanced with rapid strides dUra- II de-
based times of the Georges.
One or TWO fine heads, belonging 10 the preceding
| age. still fingered that of Pope, tor instance, &
! rxquisclv formed, full of thought and scnsvcn"ss.
and with noble poetic eye+, and only wants III" pres
cIre of health to be exceedingly h"rds,nc. But there
were few faces such as his and The reason may bc
found in the rapid deterioration "f our nCt"l mel
lert and manners. SrIIsuasm of the grU.f..: and
most ulsystematic kind, became the rule Ut he. En-
cessivc eating and drinking utterly cA,ir@uisrci b.,
meath lis auliness the fine flame of spirituality md
intellect ITSELF with few EXCEPTIONS brramr hGr!.
bonv and mechanical. The swinlonI.css pi our ua:.
| G.uu he 81,
the head irregular round larger NJ III" hpunGl
than at the top; the brow thick, low, amd slipping
back wnrtl the nose coarse ana b-. IL" mouth -hEr
| INK, pon,cruuI, AMI earthly When the CountcnHuCe
WIS not of this character, it poor, I,au, aud
sharp. really fine face scarcely "a be r! with.
| Even the greatest man of that period Wnshing"n-
does not up tu any very high standard lss
features are humane and intelligent; but they De-
iccnt in grandeur they have not tina: ui!, idIGl.'7
| bv which you ut once recognise tn. man -: gcu.i=.
| The countcuancc is that OF some worthy mrrchnut
who has made his fortune ia tie ordinary WAY not
| that uf the hero who hos eman,' patrd Il nation mi
founded galaxy of states Ii wants larg"Eces profunt
ity, cnthusiasn-tle CONSCIOUSNESS OF .rnt csI I
bc accomplished i'll spite OF any obstacle, and 10 nj! tn
world with echoes of undying fame. Tie VIZ seem.
| too important q part Uf H. 4 sJIncwnt !H.!plJ pa
ridity 0f expression stands in place: q" IN" daIRg M!
energy which you expected. You o nnt see iGu; e:I
tire devotion 10 a cuusc--that r,s"iuir hr!i."brorp
| tun III one dominant ilca-tIit nuilphiH- INTO tue
| heaven Of some majestic inspraiOm--whiCh il the
characteristic OF Nil men Ot original conceptions al
cctln. the society III which they BIn.c. la; io NJ"
was not nr-sccinS Ii "rK,i only +" .it'i!, mud
aborcd no farther than 10 meet H. present .'qJlr;-
mcnts. Ii POSSESSED neither the religious IrGl n" The
CrOmwclan period and 'rolhw,IiIl Ii.''' IL" tln
| uith in human advancement al oar "wu .!l. Ia
spirit was that nf the simplest G;!'itnrta-H UlCr..
,ciously working for the future i: is trl tr. al
mtistI but no, sublimatc by those ideas 4" .rr.:-ss
aud II possible ultimate perfection which r...@;: 4,
present times, and open before thc d"pih H,.: hcya
| ri unfuth"nab!r promise.
The degeneration of physiognomy continued C"tli
after the outbreak Of the French Revelation. III,
advent OF that bloody phantom, walking about IN tho
nnouday, stnred the minds Of all men 'u" Il moro
useful AMI rcvcrrnt recognition nt the spI'Iln.h u
li(, alr warned them thar there sp.;hia. ,.:o
in the world besides easy sr!!ndUl"hc' soa'cIet
with school maAiIns oi cnrveIt!onii morality. I.om
that time mems iaCc5 went on Imp!oTiH-iai Is {"
say, reverted Ia the .uc standard ul The LILA
hchan period anl III the Vr"scm. day, uUg
| III the Inen whom Shakespeare fa", than II
Was II century, ur even sixty !'nis nEo. we
believe" remarks the IhtMram writer, Tim. bet
ter type oi physognomy IL beginning I" nppcHr tbs
iuce grows more oval the inrenrah higher Md fuller,
| the lips smaller and hrner, tie E"J..G aud
sraghtcr. Most Of living authors pr'scm. uucH
| more OF the Elizabc;han type" Sb"Gl !c h-trl
| movement prosper (which ma: il"Hv'n and goo!
,cn-e direct > tins similarity Wal b n more ",,E!-
ous. although the resemblance goes much tmtLm
| than altar ot c1teruals.
IL may perhaps bc laid down IA general rue, mot
whenever ones observation is uu!uiy and Irst 0 III.
attracted towards the lower parts "f i"'' that rG'
IA bad and whenever the revere. that t'r luce -
good. The mouth has its cgitunatc prrt - play, hE1
Is beautiful feature when well forineG; but r elmo
real principle which alone maker the human face d.
vine. holds lis chief residence in the forehead n;.d
| eyes All other part. should be subsidiary To- ~;
| cvci informing SOUL did~H