Essays on the Anatomy and Philosophy of ExpressionJ. Murray, 1824 - 218 pages |
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... present inquiry , the nerves , which in other parts of the frame are bound together for the convenience of distribution to remote parts , are here distinct , and run apart from each other , until they meet at their extremities . On ...
... present inquiry , the nerves , which in other parts of the frame are bound together for the convenience of distribution to remote parts , are here distinct , and run apart from each other , until they meet at their extremities . On ...
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... present essay to remove , before advancing to a description of the characters of passion , as indicated in the face and in the body . If , in the examination of the sources of expression , it should be found that the mind is dependent ...
... present essay to remove , before advancing to a description of the characters of passion , as indicated in the face and in the body . If , in the examination of the sources of expression , it should be found that the mind is dependent ...
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... present the most overwhelming proof of the excellence of design , —but a design made manifest by the results , rather than comprehensible in its means . Can we perfectly com- prehend how tickling the throat should produce a convulsion ...
... present the most overwhelming proof of the excellence of design , —but a design made manifest by the results , rather than comprehensible in its means . Can we perfectly com- prehend how tickling the throat should produce a convulsion ...
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... present enter . The DEPRESSOR ALE NASI ; the NASALIS LABII SUPERIORES ; the descending fibres of the Oc- CIPITO - FRONTALIS , are not in the brute ; and in general the more minute and fasciculated structure of all the muscles of the ...
... present enter . The DEPRESSOR ALE NASI ; the NASALIS LABII SUPERIORES ; the descending fibres of the Oc- CIPITO - FRONTALIS , are not in the brute ; and in general the more minute and fasciculated structure of all the muscles of the ...
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... presents innumerable delicacies ; and in what remains I shall not pretend to much regularity , but rather indulge in some detached remarks , keeping , I hope , true to the observation of nature , and as indifferent as possible to theory ...
... presents innumerable delicacies ; and in what remains I shall not pretend to much regularity , but rather indulge in some detached remarks , keeping , I hope , true to the observation of nature , and as indifferent as possible to theory ...
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academy figure action agony Albert Durer anatomy angle antique artist beauty bestowed betwixt bodily body breathing brutes canine teeth carnivorous animals character cheek chest class of muscles combined connexion convulsion corrugator supercilii cranium depression distinct distinguish drawing drawn effect elevated emotions ESSAY excited exertion eyeball eyebrow eyelids facial line fear ferocious fibres fixed fleshy forehead frontal bone give graminivorous animals grief head horse human countenance human expression imitation incisor indicated inflated influence inserted jaw-bone Laocoon laughter limbs lower jaw lungs mastication mind motion mouth muscular nature neck Negro nose nostril observe occipital bone orbicular muscle orbicularis oris Orbicularis Palpebrarum organs of expression pain painter painting pale parietal bones passion peculiar perfect plate PLATYSMA pression principle produce proportion rage raised relaxed represent representation respiration respiratory nerve sensation sensibility sketch skull strong suffering superior sympathy TEMPORAL BONE temporal muscle tendon throat upper lip violent
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Page 84 - Grief fills the room up of my absent child, Lies in his bed, walks up and down with me ; Puts on his pretty looks, repeats his words, Remembers me of all his gracious parts, Stuffs out his vacant garments with his form ; Then, have I reason to be fond of grief.
Page 124 - Saying, Let us alone; what have we to do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art, the Holy One of God. 25 And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and come out of him.
Page 111 - Down dropt, and all the faded roses shed : Speechless he stood and pale, till thus at length First to himself he inward silence broke.
Page 28 - On Parent knees, a naked new-born child Weeping thou sat'st while all around thee smil'd ; So live, that sinking in thy last long sleep, Thou then may'st smile, while all around thee weep.
Page 157 - ... or it may be compared to pendulums vibrating in different directions over one central point, and as they all cross the centre, though only one passes through any other point, so it will be found that perfect beauty is oftener produced by nature than deformity ; I do not mean than deformity in general, but than any one kind of deformity.
Page 110 - Disordred hong about his shoulders round, And hid his face; through which his hollow eyne Lookt deadly dull, and stared as astound; His raw-bone cheekes through penurie and pine, Were shronke into his jawes, as he did never dine. His garment nought but many ragged clouts, With thornes together pind and patched was, The which his naked sides he wrapt abouts...
Page 111 - Dawson says) whose sense* had been numbed with misery. When all was lost, he fixed his eyes upon the ground, and stood some time, with folded arms, stupid, and motionless; then snatching his sword, that hung against the wainscot, he sat him down, and, with a look of fixed attention, drew figures on the floor.
Page v - BY GEORGE JOSEPH BELL, ESQ., ADVOCATE, PROFESSOR OF THE LAW OF SCOTLAND IN THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH.
Page 157 - Every species of the animal as well as the vegetable creation may be said to have a fixed or determinate form, towards which Nature is continually inclining, like various lines terminating in the centre ; or it may be compared to pendulums vibrating in different directions over one central point : and as they all cross the centre, though only one passes through any other point, so it will be found that perfect beauty is oftener produced by Nature than deformity...
Page 122 - His burning eyen, whom bloody streaks did stain, Stared full wide, and threw forth sparks of fire ; And, more for rank despite than for great pain, Shaked2 his long locks, colour'd like copper wire, And bit his tawny beard to show his raging ire.