421 Ofi Phyfiognomy. 



fcietice of phyfioguomy, * but alfo as exam- 

 ples of the antient ftyle of oratorical abiife. 

 Similar intlances of Cicero's manner occur in 

 his obfervation on the features, &c. of Verres, 

 Vatinius, and Anthony : f indeed he afierts gene- 

 rally in his book de Oratore^ omnes enim motus 

 animifaum quendam a natura habent vultum -, which 

 although it may be conftrued to relate to the 

 tranfient phyfiognomy only, may well be ap- 

 plied to the permanent features in conformity 

 to the paffages already adduced from the famd 

 author. 



Nor was Cicero, fingular, among the claflic 

 authors of Roman literature, in his attention 

 phyfiognomic obfervation. The extrafts in 

 the notes from Salluft, || Suetonius § and 



Seneca, 



* See alfo a paflage in his book de Legibus i, 9 Figurant 

 fiuiem corporis habilem et aptam, i^c. 



t In his orations againft them. J Lib. III. 



II The phyfiognomy of Cataline is very expreflive, 

 Colos ei exfanguis,fadi oculi ; citus modo, modo tardus incejfus ; 

 prorfus in Facit Vultuque Vecordia inerat. 



§ The defcription of Tiberius by Suetonius is extremely 

 particular, as indeed are all thofe he has given us ; the 

 following is a part of it ; Colore erat Candida, capillo pone 

 Dfcipitium fubmijjlore , ut cer'vicem etiam obtegeret quod gentile 

 illo niidebatur. Facie honejid; in qua tamen crebri et fubtilcs 

 tumores, cum pragrandihus oculis, et qui (quod mirum tfi,) nodu 

 etiam et in tenebris 'viderent ; fed ad breve et cum p^imum a 

 Somno patuijjfent, demum rurfum kebe/cebant. Incedebat cer'vice 



rigida 



