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Page 16
... Light displeasure or dislike causeth shaking of the head , frowning , and knitting of the brows . These effects arise from the same causes that trembling and horror do ; namely , from the retiring of the spirits , but in a less degree ...
... Light displeasure or dislike causeth shaking of the head , frowning , and knitting of the brows . These effects arise from the same causes that trembling and horror do ; namely , from the retiring of the spirits , but in a less degree ...
Page 17
... light touch of the spirits , and not so deep an impres- sion as in other passions . And therefore ( that which hath no affinity with the passions of the mind ) it is moved , and that in great vehemency , only by tickling some parts of ...
... light touch of the spirits , and not so deep an impres- sion as in other passions . And therefore ( that which hath no affinity with the passions of the mind ) it is moved , and that in great vehemency , only by tickling some parts of ...
Page 18
... light . For the dilatation of the mouth and lips , con- tinued expulsion of the breath and voice , and shaking of the breast and sides , they proceed ( all ) from the dilatation of the spirits ; especially being sudden . So likewise ...
... light . For the dilatation of the mouth and lips , con- tinued expulsion of the breath and voice , and shaking of the breast and sides , they proceed ( all ) from the dilatation of the spirits ; especially being sudden . So likewise ...
Page 38
... light by refraction will shew greater , as well as things coloured . For like as turkey - hen about twenty - seven , the duck and goose thirty to thirty - two days . The hen , as Bacon says , about three weeks . See Tessier and F ...
... light by refraction will shew greater , as well as things coloured . For like as turkey - hen about twenty - seven , the duck and goose thirty to thirty - two days . The hen , as Bacon says , about three weeks . See Tessier and F ...
Page 41
... light motion of the spirits , which the thinness of the skin , and suddenness and rareness of touch , do further : for we see a feather , or a rush , drawn along the lip or cheek , doth tickle ; whereas a thing more obtuse , or a touch ...
... light motion of the spirits , which the thinness of the skin , and suddenness and rareness of touch , do further : for we see a feather , or a rush , drawn along the lip or cheek , doth tickle ; whereas a thing more obtuse , or a touch ...
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