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rifF and tlie feat of the lungs ; where, the air be- 
ing let out by their triclion and convuHion, that diffi- 
culty of breathing is attended W'ith fymptoiTis fa- 
miliar to every obferver, w’ho finds the whole frame 
lliaken and finking under its own weight for want 
of thofe elaflic fprings w'hich promote the circula- 
tion of the blood. Hence proceeds a fwoon, mark- 
ed by the colour of death j and occafionally re- 
lieved by fuch a quick perfpiration, as cxtrafts a 
moifture that may be called, under thofe circum- 
ilances, the tears or exhalations of the w hole body. 
All the mufcles are expofed to a ftill greater dif- 
orderby a violent agitation of the nerves, when 
it is caufed by a fit of paffion. — The vifage is in- 
flamed — the eyes fparkle — the flefliy fibres flitink 
at the mouth, nofe, forehead, eye-brows, and eye- 
lids ; — the low^er jaw ftarts up, while the lips alter- 
nately join and ftretch, difcovering the foaming 
tongue and teeth. Nor is the internal ftorm lefs 
boiflerous, from the increafe of vital fluid by the 
nervous conduclors, which are fhot upwards by the 
ftrongeftand moft tender firings of a feeling mind. 
What ftrikes us as deferving the higheft admira- 
tion, is, the over-ruling command of the counte- 
nance which thofe nerves poffefs, from their twirl- 
ed form, to fuch a degree of fwiftnefs and fidelity, 
as to betray the fecrets of our hearts, and prove 
dillimulation even in the greatefi; hypocrite. 
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