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motion in the under-jaw : Pain and pleafure, as 

 well as languor, give rife to yawning ; but, m 

 the former, the motion is more brifk and lively. 

 When the mind is fuddenly affeded with ar- 

 dent deilre, or keen regret, we feel a fort of 

 ftarting, or internal oppreffion ; this motion of 

 the diaphragm elevates the lungs, and produces 

 that fudden infpiration which forms a figh : 

 And, when the mind confiders the caufe of its 

 emotion, and perceives no method of accom- 

 plifliing its defire, or of banifhing its regret, the 

 fighs are repeated, and fcrrovv'-, or mental pain, 

 fucceeds. If this pain of mind be great and un- 

 expeded, it produces tears ; the air rullies quick- 

 ly into the lungs, and gives rife to many infpi- 

 rations, which are accompanied with involuntary 

 fhocks ; Each infpiration makes a noife ftrong- 

 er than that of fighing, and is diftinguifhed 

 by the name of fobbing ; thefe fobs fucceed each 

 other more rapidly than fighs ; and, in the for- 

 mer, the found of the voice is m^ore apparent. 

 The accent of the voice is ftill more diftinguiih- 

 able in groaning, which is a fpecies of fob long 

 continued ; and its flow found is heard both in 

 expiration and inlpiration : Its exprcfhon con- 

 fifts in the continuation of a plaintive tone form- 

 ed by inarticulate founds. Groans are fhorter 

 or longer according to the degree of forrow or 

 deje£lion ; but they are generally repeated fe- 

 Teral times. The time of infpiration forms the 

 interval that takes place between each groan ; 



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