. Comstock's elocution and model speaker ... . n eitherarrests his action entirely, or changesit to something altogether direction of his eyes, and the(ggxi^action of his head, are also, under ^e*—=*similar circumstances, quite eyes, instead of moving freelyfrom object to object, become fixed,and the head is thrown back, if be-fore hanging down on the breast. As an example ofthese effects, M. Engel refers to a scene in a play ofLessing, in which an old gentleman is very muchpuzzled how to ma-nage, in a situa-tion of great diffi-culty and the commence-ment
. Comstock's elocution and model speaker ... . n eitherarrests his action entirely, or changesit to something altogether direction of his eyes, and the(ggxi^action of his head, are also, under ^e*—=*similar circumstances, quite eyes, instead of moving freelyfrom object to object, become fixed,and the head is thrown back, if be-fore hanging down on the breast. As an example ofthese effects, M. Engel refers to a scene in a play ofLessing, in which an old gentleman is very muchpuzzled how to ma-nage, in a situa-tion of great diffi-culty and the commence-ment of his delibe-rations he is repre-sented as in Fig. i09,and in the next pe-riod of them, as inFig. 110. These examplesare introduced byM. Engel to illus-trate his analogous gestures, but they may also bevery well applied to illustrate the complex, significantgestures, which are the present subject of description which he gives of melancholy, con-trasted with anxiety, is, throughout, eorrect, and fullof nice E L O C U T I 0 N. 137 Melancholy is a feeble and passive affection; it isattended by a total relaxation of the muscles, with amute and tranquil resignation, un-accompanied by opposition eitherto the cause or the sensibility ofthe evil. The character, externally,is languor, without motion, thehead hanging at the side next, theheart, the eyes turned upon itsobject, or, if that is absent, fixedupon the ground, the hands hang-ing down by their own weight,without effort, and joined looselytogether. (Fig. 111.) Anxiety is of a different charac-ter; it is restless and active, andmanifest by the extension of the muscles; the eye isfilled with fire, the breathing is quick, the motion ishurried, the head is thrown back, the whole body isextended. The sufferer is like a sickman, who tosses incessantly, and findshimself uneasy in every situation. () One of the causes of M. Engels ges-tures of analogy is, as he observes, the disposition of th
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