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174 OP EXPRESSION. [LECT. VII.
pression afford great scope to the abilities of an intel-
ligent artist.
Among the simple passions we usually reckon
love, desire, joy ; and their contraries, hatred,
avee.sion, grief. Prior to all is admiration,
whose language is a kind of—what is it? for we
naturally enquire the properties of an object, before
we desire or love it; since it may be unfit for desire
or love : or before we hate, and dislike it; since it
may, on examination, prove to be the very thing we
wish for.
Compound passions are, fear, hope, courage,
despair, &c. We are told by M. le Brun, that,
that part of the face where the passions shew them-
selves most distinctly is the eye-brow, though many
have supposed it to be the eye. It is true, says he,
the eye-ball, by its tire and motion, shews clearly
the agitation of the mind, but it does not express
the nature of that agitation. The mouth and the
nose have a great share in expression ; but, in gene-
ral, these parts only follow the motions of the heart.
It has been said, that in the mind reside two ap-
petites, one mild, the other ferocious, from whence
proceed all the passions; so in the eye-brow there
are two motions which express their sensations: these
two motions coincide perfectly with those two appe-
tites ; and it is remarkable, that in proportion as the
passions vary their nature, the movement of the
brow varies its form.
To express a simple passion, the movement is
simple (A. B.) (vide Plates) ; in a compound
passion, the movement is compound ; if the passion
2 be
pression afford great scope to the abilities of an intel-
ligent artist.
Among the simple passions we usually reckon
love, desire, joy ; and their contraries, hatred,
avee.sion, grief. Prior to all is admiration,
whose language is a kind of—what is it? for we
naturally enquire the properties of an object, before
we desire or love it; since it may be unfit for desire
or love : or before we hate, and dislike it; since it
may, on examination, prove to be the very thing we
wish for.
Compound passions are, fear, hope, courage,
despair, &c. We are told by M. le Brun, that,
that part of the face where the passions shew them-
selves most distinctly is the eye-brow, though many
have supposed it to be the eye. It is true, says he,
the eye-ball, by its tire and motion, shews clearly
the agitation of the mind, but it does not express
the nature of that agitation. The mouth and the
nose have a great share in expression ; but, in gene-
ral, these parts only follow the motions of the heart.
It has been said, that in the mind reside two ap-
petites, one mild, the other ferocious, from whence
proceed all the passions; so in the eye-brow there
are two motions which express their sensations: these
two motions coincide perfectly with those two appe-
tites ; and it is remarkable, that in proportion as the
passions vary their nature, the movement of the
brow varies its form.
To express a simple passion, the movement is
simple (A. B.) (vide Plates) ; in a compound
passion, the movement is compound ; if the passion
2 be