1003 (return) [ Sir C. Bell, ‘Anatomy of Expression,’ p. 96. On the
other hand, Dr. Burgess (‘Physiology of Blushing,’ 1839, p. 31) speaks
of the reddening of a cicatrix in a negress as of the nature of a
blush.]
1004 (return) [ Moreau and Gratiolet have discussed the colour of the
face under the influence of intense passion: see the edit. of 1820 of
Lavater, vol. iv. pp. 282 and 300; and Gratiolet, ‘De la Physionomie,’
p. 345.]
1005 (return) [ Sir C. Bell ‘Anatomy of Expression,’ pp. 91, 107, has
fully discussed this subject. Moreau remarks (in the edit. of 1820 of
‘La Physionomie, par G. Lavater,’ vol. iv. p. 237), and quotes Portal
in confirmation, that asthmatic patients acquire permanently expanded
nostrils, owing to the habitual contraction of the elevatory muscles of
the wings of the nose. The explanation by Dr. Piderit (‘Mimik und
Physiognomik,’ s. 82) of the distension of the nostrils, namely, to
allow free breathing whilst the mouth is closed and the teeth clenched,
does not appear to be nearly so correct as that by Sir C. Bell, who
attributes it to the sympathy (_i. e_. habitual co-action) of all the
respiratory muscles. The nostrils of an angry man may be seen to become
dilated, although his mouth is open.]
1006 (return) [ Mr. Wedgwood, ‘On the Origin of Language,’ 1866, p. 76.
He also observes that the sound of hard breathing “is represented by
the syllables _puff, huff, whiff_, whence a _huff_ is a fit of
ill-temper.”]
1007 (return) [ Sir C. Bell ‘Anatomy of Expression,’ p. 95) has some
excellent remarks on the expression of rage.]
1008 (return) [ ‘De la Physionomie,’ 1865, p. 346.]
1009 (return) [ Sir C. Bell, ‘Anatomy of Expression,’ p. 177. Gratiolet
(De la Phys. p. 369) says, ‘les dents se découvrent, et imitent
symboliquement l’action de déchirer et de mordre.’I If, instead of
using the vague term _symboliquement_, Gratiolet had said that the
action was a remnant of a habit acquired during primeval times when our
semi-human progenitors fought together with their teeth, like gorillas
and orangs at the present day, he would have been more intelligible.
Dr. Piderit (‘Mimik,’ &c., s. 82) also speaks of the retraction of the
upper lip during rage. In an engraving of one of Hogarth’s wonderful
pictures, passion is represented in the plainest manner by the open
glaring eyes, frowning forehead, and exposed grinning teeth.]
1010 (return) [ ‘Oliver Twist,’ vol. iii. p. 245.]
1011 (return) [ ‘The Spectator,’ July 11, 1868, p. 810.]
1012 (return) [ ‘Body and Mind,’ 1870, pp. 51-53.]
1013 (return) [ Le Brun, in his well-known ‘Conference sur
l’Expression’ (‘La Physionomie, par Lavater,’ edit. of 1820, vol. lx.
p. 268), remarks that anger is expressed by the clenching of the fists.
See, to the same effect, Huschke, ‘Mimices et Physiognomices,
Fragmentum Physiologicum,’ 1824, p. 20. Also Sir C. Bell, ‘Anatomy of
Expression,’ p. 219.]
1014 (return) [ Transact. Philosoph. Soc., Appendix, 1746, p. 65.]
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