The principles of beauty as manifested in nature, art, and human character : with a classification of deformities. An essay on the temperaments with illustrations. And Thoughts on Grecian and Gothic architecture. (1859)
Schimmelpenninck, Mary Anne, 1778-1856, Hankin, Christiana C., editor · London : Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, and Roberts · leaf 328
■ §> … OP TEMPERAMENTS. 307 As the principle of the Choleric is energy and fire, sothat of the Melancholic is weakness and depression.The characteristic of this genus is acute sensibility,timidity, and shrinking from the fear of beingwounded. Hence it is in character anxious; in man-ner reserved and…
Aesthetics · Temperament
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