 When he had a mind to penetrate into the inclinations of those he had to deal with, he composed his face, his gesture, and his whole body, as nearly as he could into the exact similitude of the person he intended to examine; and then carefully observed...  The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke - Page 211by Edmund Burke - 1865Full view - About this book
 | Edmund Burke - Aesthetics - 1764 - 458 pages
...by this change. So that, fays my author, he was able to enter into the difpofitions and thoughts 6f people as effectually as if he had been changed into the very men. I have often obferved, that on mimicking the looks and geftures, of angry, or placid, or frighted, or , daring men,... | |
 | Edmund Burke - Aesthetics - 1767 - 368 pages
...feemed to acquire by this change. So that, fays my author, he was able to enter into the difpofitions and thoughts of people as effectually as if he had been changed into the very men. I have often obferved, that on mimicking the looks and geftures of angry, or placid, or frighted, or daring men,... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1792 - 596 pages
...feemed to acquire by this change. So that, fays my author, he was able to enter into the difpofitions and thoughts of people as effectually as if he had been changed into the very men. I have often obferved, that on mimicking the looks and geftures of angry, or placid, or frighted, or daring men,... | |
 | Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1792 - 604 pages
...feemed to acquire by this change. So that, fays my author, he was able to enter into the difpofitions and thoughts of people as effectually as if he had been changed into the very men. I have often obferved, that on mimicking the looks and geftures of angry, or placid, or frighted, or daring men,... | |
 | Freeman of Dublin - Ireland - 1800 - 674 pages
...that, fays my author, he was able to enter into the difpofitions and thoughts of people as- effeftually as if he had been changed into the very men. I have often obferved, that on mimicking the looks and geftures of angry, or placid, or frighted, or daring men,... | |
 | Thomas Gilliland - Drama - 1804 - 160 pages
...his whole body as nearly as he could in the exact similitude of the person he intended to examine; then carefully observed what turn of mind he seemed...that, says my author, he was able to enter into the disposition and thoughts of people, as effectually as if he had changed into the very man.—I have... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - English literature - 1805 - 272 pages
...face, his gestures, and his whole body, as nearly as he could, to the exact similitude of the person he intended to examine ; and then carefully observed what turn of mind he seemed to acquire by the change !' It is a little ludicrous to conceive what a punch, a harlequin, a tragic and a comic... | |
 | Gilbert Austin - Gesture - 1806 - 684 pages
...face, his gesture, and his whole body as nearly " as he could into the exact similitude of the person he intended ': to examine ; and then carefully observed...mimicking the looks and " gestures, of angry or placid, or frightened or daring men, I ** These observations are very favourable to the particular object of this... | |
 | Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1815 - 362 pages
...face, his gesture, and his whole body, ae nearly as he could into the exact similitude of the person he intended to examine ; and then carefully observed...effectually as if he had been changed into the very men. 1 have often observed, that on mimicking the looks and gestures of angry, or placid, or frighted, or... | |
 | Johann Caspar Lavater - 1826 - 380 pages
...face, his gestures, and his whole body, as nearly as he could into the exact similitude of the person he intended to examine, and then carefully observed...that, says my author, he was able to enter into the disposition and thoughts of people, as effectually as if he had been changed into the very man. I have... | |
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