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muscle, the whole body sinking a little & remaining motionless; the ears & tail falling suddenly downwards, the tail bearing by no means wagged. With the falling of the ears & of his great Chaps the eyes became much changed in appearance; & I fancied that they looked less bright. His aspect was that of piteous, hopeless dejection; & as the cause was so slight it was, as I have said, laughable. Every detail in his attitude was in complete opposition to his former joyful but dignified bearing; & can be explained, as it appears to me, in no other way, except through the principle of antithesis. Had not the change been so instantaneous, I shd have attributed it his lowered spirits affecting, as with mankind, the nervous system & circulation, & consequently the tone of his whole frame ; & this may have been in part the cause.

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We will now consider how the principle of antithesis in Expression could have arisen.

[Expression, pp. 57-60.]

 

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