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a strongly-marked frown on the forehead ; for 

 this follows from the sense of anything displeasing 

 or difficult, together with concentration of mind. 

 But sometimes the brow, instead of being much 

 contracted and lowered, remains smooth, with 

 the glaring eyes kept widely open. The eyes are 

 always bright, or may, as Homer expresses it, 

 be like a blazing fire. They are sometimes blood- 

 shot, and are said to protrude from their sockets 

 the result, no doubt, of the head being gorged 

 with blood, as shown by the veins being distended. 

 According to Gratiolet, the pupils are always 

 contracted in rage, and I hear from Dr. Crichton- 

 Browne that this is the case in the fierce delirium 

 of meningitis ; but the movements of the iris 

 under the influence of the different emotions 

 is a very obscure subject." 



Tasso thus describes the rage of Argante : 



" Tacque ; e'l Pagano, al sofferir poco uso, 

 Morde le labbra, e di furor si stragge. 

 Risponder vuol, ma '1 suono esce confuso, 

 Si come strido d' animal che rugge : 

 O come apre le nubi, ond' egli e chiuso, 

 Impetuoso il fulmine, e sen fugge ; 

 Cosi pareva a forza ogni suo detto 

 Tonando uscir dalT infiammato petto." 



Cant. vi. 38. 



and Ariosto tells : 



