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... face apparently immovable and blank ; the eyes fixed on vacancy , or on the floor , instead of communicating with the audi- ence ; the whole facial expression reminding an observer of the philosophic speaker in the " Sartor Resartus ...
... face apparently immovable and blank ; the eyes fixed on vacancy , or on the floor , instead of communicating with the audi- ence ; the whole facial expression reminding an observer of the philosophic speaker in the " Sartor Resartus ...
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... face with a frown , curls and parts the lips , expands the nostrils , and uses repellent gesture . LOATHING has the same traits more strongly marked . Example.- Aversion . " I like not yon lean Cassius ! " Loathing .- " Vipers that ...
... face with a frown , curls and parts the lips , expands the nostrils , and uses repellent gesture . LOATHING has the same traits more strongly marked . Example.- Aversion . " I like not yon lean Cassius ! " Loathing .- " Vipers that ...
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... faces the opponent , and approaches him . The action , in defiant resistance , ( 1. ) is exhibited thus : arms braced , and hands clinched , but held downwards , the features marked by the fiercely - knit brow , glaring eye , expanded ...
... faces the opponent , and approaches him . The action , in defiant resistance , ( 1. ) is exhibited thus : arms braced , and hands clinched , but held downwards , the features marked by the fiercely - knit brow , glaring eye , expanded ...
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... face , —with the hand edgewise ; the 2d raises the fore - arm , and draws the hand toward the temples , without letting the elbow sink ; the 3d extends the whole arm in what- ever line - downward , upward , or outward - the gesture of a ...
... face , —with the hand edgewise ; the 2d raises the fore - arm , and draws the hand toward the temples , without letting the elbow sink ; the 3d extends the whole arm in what- ever line - downward , upward , or outward - the gesture of a ...
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... face , the principal lines would give the gestures " descending oblique , " " horizon- tal oblique , " " ascending oblique . " Tracing a line extended from the speaker's side , we obtain the gestures " descending extended ...
... face , the principal lines would give the gestures " descending oblique , " " horizon- tal oblique , " " ascending oblique . " Tracing a line extended from the speaker's side , we obtain the gestures " descending extended ...
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