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LECT. VII.] OF EXPRESSION. 181
succeeds to Jealousy,, and greatly resembles its ex-
ternal motions.
All these passions may arise from the same root;
and thus, from what is most excellent, may spring
what is most noxious.
"We will trace the effects of a ferocious passion
(Anger, for instance), and then dismiss this branch
of our subject.
Anger is a turbulent agitation of spirit, roused
by vexation, and mingled with courage : by this
passion the mind retires within itself, recoiling from
injury received, and at the same time rises against
the cause of that injury with purposes of vengeance :
when Anger seizes the mind of him who is subject
to this passion, it shews itself in the countenance by
deeply wrinkling the forehead; the eye-brows are
now depressed, now elevated; the eyes inflamed,
staring, rolling, sparkling ; the nostrils opened, en-
larged, swelled ; the lips pressing against each other,
the under lip drawn up equal to the upper, and the
corners of the mouth somewhat open, forming a
cruel and contemptuous smile : the teeth seem to
gnash ; the face appears pale in some parts, red and »
swelled in others; the veins of the forehead, the
temples, the neck, raised and turgid : the hair ele-
vated ; and, instead of breathing, Anger seems
merely to puff, and swell.
Rage succeeds to Anger, when its revenge can-
not be gratified ; its motions are extremely violent:
the face is almost black, covered with a cold sweat;
the hair standing erect, the eyes roving, and moving
f pntrary ways, the ball sometimes drawn to one end
succeeds to Jealousy,, and greatly resembles its ex-
ternal motions.
All these passions may arise from the same root;
and thus, from what is most excellent, may spring
what is most noxious.
"We will trace the effects of a ferocious passion
(Anger, for instance), and then dismiss this branch
of our subject.
Anger is a turbulent agitation of spirit, roused
by vexation, and mingled with courage : by this
passion the mind retires within itself, recoiling from
injury received, and at the same time rises against
the cause of that injury with purposes of vengeance :
when Anger seizes the mind of him who is subject
to this passion, it shews itself in the countenance by
deeply wrinkling the forehead; the eye-brows are
now depressed, now elevated; the eyes inflamed,
staring, rolling, sparkling ; the nostrils opened, en-
larged, swelled ; the lips pressing against each other,
the under lip drawn up equal to the upper, and the
corners of the mouth somewhat open, forming a
cruel and contemptuous smile : the teeth seem to
gnash ; the face appears pale in some parts, red and »
swelled in others; the veins of the forehead, the
temples, the neck, raised and turgid : the hair ele-
vated ; and, instead of breathing, Anger seems
merely to puff, and swell.
Rage succeeds to Anger, when its revenge can-
not be gratified ; its motions are extremely violent:
the face is almost black, covered with a cold sweat;
the hair standing erect, the eyes roving, and moving
f pntrary ways, the ball sometimes drawn to one end