 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
 | 1852 - 512 pages
...he tells us, " 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...observed what turn of mind he seemed to acquire by the change ;" not that he was by any means the first to observe this dependence. Shakespeare was, as... | |
 | George Payn Quackenbos - 1857 - 470 pages
...expression, his carriage, and all his other peculiarities of face and body, as nearly as possible, and then carefully observed what turn of mind he seemed to acquire by the change, thus, he claimed, he could enter into any one's thoughts as effectually as if he were converted... | |
 | John Frederick Boyes - 1859 - 302 pages
...physiognomist Campanella, when he had a mind to penetrate into the dispositions of those he had to deal with, composed his face, his gesture, and his whole body,...observed what turn of mind he seemed to acquire by the change." Montaigne, Richter, Tupper, and Dr. Moore, have all dwelt on the important results to... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1860 - 644 pages
...very like that passion in the mind. deal with, he composed his face, his gesUxe, and his whole hody, conform our government to the character and circumstances of the several people who compose this mighty ohserved what turn of mind he seemed to acquire hy thu change. So that, says my author, he was ahle... | |
 | George Payn Quackenbos - 1861 - 468 pages
...expression, his carriage, and all his other peculiarities of face and body, as nearly as possible, and then carefully observed what turn of mind he seemed to acquire by the change, thus, ho claimed, he could enter into any one's thoughts as effectually as if ho were converted... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1865 - 572 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,...nearly as he could into the exact similitude of the per* I do not here enter into the question debated among physiologists, whether pain be the effect... | |
 | Johann Caspar Lavater - 1866 - 356 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... | |
 | George Payn Quackenbos - 1874 - 468 pages
...expression, his carriage, and all his other peculiarities of face and body, as nearly as possible, and then carefully observed what turn of mind he seemed to acquire by the change ; thus, he claimed, he could enter into any one's thoughts as effectually as if he were... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1877 - 576 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,...body, as nearly as he could into the exact similitude ef the per* I do not here enter into the question debated among physiologists, whether pain be the... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1887 - 574 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,...nearly as he could into the exact similitude of the per* I do not here enter into the question debated among physiologists, whether pain be the effect... | |
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