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... respiration ; and so that attitude and these actions become symptomatic of the disease . And can there be a better lesson whereby sym- ptoms are to be learned , than in the observation of the natural sympathies and appearances presented ...
... respiration ; and so that attitude and these actions become symptomatic of the disease . And can there be a better lesson whereby sym- ptoms are to be learned , than in the observation of the natural sympathies and appearances presented ...
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... respiration is the instrument of expression , as it is of voice and speech . Some account of the author's discoveries in the nervous system , as directing the actions of breathing , speaking , and expression * . In the face we have an ...
... respiration is the instrument of expression , as it is of voice and speech . Some account of the author's discoveries in the nervous system , as directing the actions of breathing , speaking , and expression * . In the face we have an ...
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... respiration , it is by means of distinct nerves appropriated to that office . The nerves which perform this function come out from where the spinal marrow joins the brain , and from thence they diverge to remote parts to the face , the ...
... respiration , it is by means of distinct nerves appropriated to that office . The nerves which perform this function come out from where the spinal marrow joins the brain , and from thence they diverge to remote parts to the face , the ...
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... friendly look with which he regards his master's face , or when he is placed in fierce opposition to another dog . All the fire of expression disappears the instant that the nerve of respiration is divided . He will fight as bitterly , 8.
... friendly look with which he regards his master's face , or when he is placed in fierce opposition to another dog . All the fire of expression disappears the instant that the nerve of respiration is divided . He will fight as bitterly , 8.
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Sir Charles Bell. respiration is divided . He will fight as bitterly , but with no retraction of his lips , or sparkling of his eye , or drawing back of his ears . The face is inanimate , it does not partake of the action corresponding ...
Sir Charles Bell. respiration is divided . He will fight as bitterly , but with no retraction of his lips , or sparkling of his eye , or drawing back of his ears . The face is inanimate , it does not partake of the action corresponding ...
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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.