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... lip , ex- pand the nostrils , and give the eye the downward glance of contempt : they incline , also , to scornful action , in the form of contemptuous and repulsive waves of the hand . Example . - Malvolio , ( in " Twelfth Night ...
... lip , ex- pand the nostrils , and give the eye the downward glance of contempt : they incline , also , to scornful action , in the form of contemptuous and repulsive waves of the hand . Example . - Malvolio , ( in " Twelfth Night ...
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... 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 creep where man disdains to climb ...
... 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 creep where man disdains to climb ...
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... lips wide apart . ( 2. ) When revenge is violently impassioned , it becomes violent in move- ment , and exaggerated in every one of the preceding details of gesture and aspect . Examples.- ( 1. ) " If it feed nothing else , it will feed ...
... lips wide apart . ( 2. ) When revenge is violently impassioned , it becomes violent in move- ment , and exaggerated in every one of the preceding details of gesture and aspect . Examples.- ( 1. ) " If it feed nothing else , it will feed ...
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... lips curled and projected . Examples .- ( 1 . ) " Then , when I am thy captive , talk of chains , Proud limitary cherub ! " ( 2. ) " You , wretch ! -you could live and enjoy yourself while the noble - minded are betrayed , -while ...
... lips curled and projected . Examples .- ( 1 . ) " Then , when I am thy captive , talk of chains , Proud limitary cherub ! " ( 2. ) " You , wretch ! -you could live and enjoy yourself while the noble - minded are betrayed , -while ...
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... lips . The action of ( 2. ) aggressive defiance throws the arm violently forward , hand clinched , and the countenance as in ( 1. ) , but marked more by fierce hostility and violence . Examples .- ( 1 . ) " Thy threats , thy mercy I ...
... lips . The action of ( 2. ) aggressive defiance throws the arm violently forward , hand clinched , and the countenance as in ( 1. ) , but marked more by fierce hostility and violence . Examples .- ( 1 . ) " Thy threats , thy mercy I ...
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Annabel Lee attitude and action beauty bell Belshazzar beneath blood body bold bosom brave breast breath bright brow cheek child cloud cried Dacotahs dark dead death deep dream earth eloquence Erin go bragh expression falchion father fear feeling feet fire gesture glory grave hath head hear heard heart heaven Hiawatha hill hour Katydid king land Laughing Water light lips living Lochinvar look Lord mighty Mondamin moon morning mountain N. P. Willis nature ne'er never night noble Number o'er pale passed pride proud R. H. Barham Rhine rock rose round Samian wine shore sigh smile song soul speak speaker spirit stars stood style sweet sword tears tell tempest thee thine thou art thought throne thunder Toll verger voice vulgar boy waves weep wigwam wild wind wings word Yankee girls young