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Show 306 HORROR. CHAP. :XII. doubt, by the strongly contracted brows, ~nd .overlooking the peculiarly opened mouth. One said d1sgust. On the whole, the evidence indicates that we have here a Fig. 21. Horror and Agony. Copied from a photograph by Dr. Ducbenne. fairly good representation of horror and agony. T~18 photograph before referred to (Pl. VII. fig. 2) likew!se exhibits horror; but in this the oblique eyebrows Indicate great mental distress in place of energy. CHAP. XII. CONCLUSION. 307 Horror is generally a ompanied by variou g tur s, whieh difi' r in eli ITer ut individual . Judging from pi ·ture , the whole body i ften turned away or shrink ; or the arn1s are vi 1 utly protruded as if to pu h away orne dreadful obj et. ~rh mo t frequent g tur , as far as can b inf rred fr rn the acting of per ons who nd avour to xpr s a vividly-imngin d cene of horror, i the raising f both houller , with the bent arm pressed clo ely ag in t the sides or ch t. Th mov ments are n arly the same with tho e commonly made wh n we £ el very 'old; and they are g nerally accompanied by a hudder, as w 11 as by a d p expirati u or in piration, according as th chest happ n at the time to be xpanded or c ntract cl. Th ... ·ounds thus made ar expr ssed by words like ~th r ugh. 28 It is not, howev r, obvious why, wh n we f el cold or express a sense of horror, we pr ss our bent arms against our bodies, raise our shoulders, and hudd r. Conclusion.-! have now endeavoured to describe the diver ified expre sions of fear, in its gradations from ru re attention to a start of surprise, into extr me t .rror and horror. Some of the signs may be accounted f r through the principles of habit, as ociation, and inheritance,-such as the wide opening of the mouth and eyes, with upraised eyebrows, so as to see a quickly as po sible all around us, and to hear distinctly whatever sound may reach our ears. For we have thus habitually prepared ourselves to discover and encounter any danger. Some of the other signs of £ ar may likewi e be accounted for, at least in 28 e remarks to this effect by Mr. Weugwood, in the Intro-duction to his 'Dictionary of English Etymology,' 2nd edit. 1, 72, p. xxxvii. X 2 |