The study of the human face . sion is producedindependently of the features; showing, in the ever-varying face, that habit ofmind which the spectator will easily perceive is under the influence of self-complacency and love of admiration. A face that, from the forms it is capable of assuming, is never confined toone expression, but made up for any and every occasion. From the habitual display of this passion, and its necessary command overthe individuality of the face, there is a flexibility of feature and muscle, whichis chiefly, if not entirely, to be seen in action, as they are seldom or eve
The study of the human face . sion is producedindependently of the features; showing, in the ever-varying face, that habit ofmind which the spectator will easily perceive is under the influence of self-complacency and love of admiration. A face that, from the forms it is capable of assuming, is never confined toone expression, but made up for any and every occasion. From the habitual display of this passion, and its necessary command overthe individuality of the face, there is a flexibility of feature and muscle, whichis chiefly, if not entirely, to be seen in action, as they are seldom or ever to befound at rest. It may, therefore, be observed, that the lines of the face throughout have aplayfulness and versatility of character, which, as they are evidently super-induced, are only to be self-described; and hence we perceive that the liftingup of the eyes, the screwing up of the mouth, the drawing up of the eyelids,and the constrained acting of the muscles of the face, are all concerting togetherto produce
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