Essays on the Anatomy and Philosophy of ExpressionJ. Murray, 1824 - 218 Seiten |
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... nature . Till he has acquired a poet's eye for nature , and can seize with intuitive quickness the appearances of passion , and all the effects pro- duced upon the body by the operations of the mind , he has not raised himself above the ...
... nature . Till he has acquired a poet's eye for nature , and can seize with intuitive quickness the appearances of passion , and all the effects pro- duced upon the body by the operations of the mind , he has not raised himself above the ...
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... nature . After the first edition was published , I was so for- tunate as to make discoveries in the Nervous System , which gave a new and extraordinary interest to the subject of these essays . I found that there was a system of nerves ...
... nature . After the first edition was published , I was so for- tunate as to make discoveries in the Nervous System , which gave a new and extraordinary interest to the subject of these essays . I found that there was a system of nerves ...
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... nature of expression , since the organs had not been ascertained , or only partially . We witnessed emotions , we felt the sympathies implanted in our nature , nevertheless the description of passion was a mere description ; poetical it ...
... nature of expression , since the organs had not been ascertained , or only partially . We witnessed emotions , we felt the sympathies implanted in our nature , nevertheless the description of passion was a mere description ; poetical it ...
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... nature , and the most affecting to human sympathies . We must confess that they are so deeply implanted in our nature , that we shall not be able to discover the ultimate connexion between the emotions of the soul and those signs of the ...
... nature , and the most affecting to human sympathies . We must confess that they are so deeply implanted in our nature , that we shall not be able to discover the ultimate connexion between the emotions of the soul and those signs of the ...
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... nature . These sympathies , when fol- lowed after the manner of philosophical inquiries , or pursued as matters of taste , led to nothing , or at most to some unsubstantial theory . However excellent the works may be which set forth ...
... nature . These sympathies , when fol- lowed after the manner of philosophical inquiries , or pursued as matters of taste , led to nothing , or at most to some unsubstantial theory . However excellent the works may be which set forth ...
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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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Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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...
Seite 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.
Seite v - BY GEORGE JOSEPH BELL, ESQ., ADVOCATE, PROFESSOR OF THE LAW OF SCOTLAND IN THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH.
Seite 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...
Seite 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.