ADMIRATION, JOY, SUSPICION, REVENGE, REMORSE.
In a d m i r a t io n the faculty of sight is enjoyed to the utmost,
and all else is forgotten. The brow is expanded and unruffled,
the eyebrow gently raised, the eyelid lifted so as to expose the
coloured circle of the eye, while the lower part of the face is
relaxed in a gentle smile. The mouth is open, the jaw a little
fallen, and by the relaxation of the lower lip we just perceive the
edge of the lower teeth and the tongue. The posture of the body
is most expressive when it seems arrested in some familiar action.
J oy is distinguishable from pleasure. It consists, not so much
in the sense of gratification, as in the delight occasioned by the
conviction that the long expected pleasure is within our reach, and
by the lively anticipation of the enjoyment which is now decked
out and adorned in its most favourite and alluring shape. A certain
sensation of want is mingled with joy ; a recollection of the
alternate hopes and fears which formerly distracted the mind, as
contrasted with the immediate assurance of gratification.
In joy the eyebrow is raised moderately, but without any angularity;
the forehead is smooth; the eye full, lively, and sparkling;
the nostril is moderately inflated, and a smile is on the lips. In
all the exhilarating emotions, the eyebrow, the eyelids, the nostril,
and the angle of the mouth are raised. In the depressing passions
it is the reverse. For example, in discontent the brow is clouded, the
nose peculiarly arched, and the angle of the mouth drawn down
very remarkably.
I have here given a sketch of the testy, pettish, peevish countenance
bred of melancholy; one who is incapable of receiving
satisfaction from whatever source it may be offered; he cannot
endure any man to look steadily upon him, or even speak to him,
or laugh, or jest, or be familiar, or hem, or point, without thinking
himself contemned, insulted, or neglected.
This arching of the mouth and peculiar form of the wings of
the nose are produced by the conjoint action of the triangular muscle
which depresses the angles of the mouth (n . Plate II.) and the
s u p e r b u s , whose individual action protrudes the lower lip.
The very peevish turn given to the eyebrows, this acute upward
inflection of their inner extremity, and the meeting of the perpendicular
and transverse furrows in the middle of the forehead, are
produced by the opposed action of the middle part of the frontal
muscle, (o c c ip it o f r o n t a l i s a .) and the corrugator muscle (b .)