Recherches d'Antiquite, gives us a curious story of the celebrated physiognomist Campanella. This man, it seems, had not only made very accurate observations on human faces, but was very expert in mimicking such as were any way remarkable. When he had... Chironomia; or, A treatise on rhetorical delivery - Page 182by Gilbert Austin - 1806 - 583 pagesFull view - About this book
| Edmund Burke - Aesthetics - 1764 - 458 pages
...to penetrate into the inclinations of thofe he had to deal with, he compofed his face, his gefture, and his whole body, as nearly as he could into the exact fimilitude of the perfon he intended to examine; and then carefully obferved what turn of mind he feemed... | |
| Edmund Burke - 1792 - 596 pages
...to penetrate into the inclinations of thofe he had to deal with, he compofed his face, his gefture, and his whole body, as nearly as he could into the exact iimilitude of the perfon he intended to examine; and then carefully obferved what turn of mind he feemed... | |
| Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1792 - 604 pages
...to penetrate into the inclinations of thofe he had to deal with, he compofed his face, his gefture, and his whole body, as nearly as he could into the exact fimilitude of the perfon he intended to examine ; and then carefully obferved what turn of mind he... | |
| Johann Caspar Lavater - Physiognomy - 1800 - 334 pages
...to penetrate into the inclinations of thofe he had to deal with, he cqmpofed his face, his geftures, and his whole body, as nearly as he could into the exact fimilitude of the perfon he intended to examine, and then carefully obferved what turn of mind he feemed... | |
| Edmund Burke - English literature - 1803 - 366 pages
...to penetrate into the inclinations of thofe he had to deal with, he compofed his face, his gefture, and his whole body, as nearly as he could into the exact fimilitude of the perfon he intended to examine ; and then carefully obferved what turn of mind he... | |
| Thomas Gilliland - Drama - 1804 - 160 pages
...faces, but was very expert in mimicking such as were any way remarkable. When he had a mind to penetrate into the inclinations of those he had to deal with, he composed his face and gesture, and his whole body as nearly as he could in the exact similitude of the person he intended... | |
| Isaac Disraeli - English literature - 1805 - 272 pages
...he had to deal with, composed his face, his gestures, and his whole body, as nearly as he could, to the exact similitude of the person he intended to...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... | |
| Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1815 - 362 pages
...faces, but was very expert in mimicking such as were any way remarkable. When he had a mind to penetrate into the. inclinations of those he had to deal with,...composed his- 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... | |
| Johann Caspar Lavater - 1826 - 380 pages
...was very expert in mimicking such as were any way remarkable. Whenever he thought proper to penetrate into the inclinations of those he had to deal with, he composed his face, his gestures, and his whole body, as nearly as he could into the exact similitude of the person he intended... | |
| Dugald Stewart - Logic - 1827 - 414 pages
...but was very ex" pert in mimicking such as were any way remarkable. When he had a mind to " penetrate into the inclinations of those he had to deal with,...seemed to acquire by this, change. So that, says my au" thor, he was able to enter into the dispositions and thoughts of people, as ef" fectually as if... | |
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