The one could see no farther than his nose;
The other was past master in deceit."
As they go along, the fox relates all his exploits to the goat, and the
goat surprised, and wishing an end of the recital, sees fit to make a
gesture, as he says:
"I admire people full of sense like you."
In making the small circle, he employs not only the fingers, but the
arm, the shoulder, the whole body. He is an imbecile. He wastes too much
effort in making a small circle.
Let us take a situation from an opera. When Robert enters and sees
Isabella, he says of her:
"This peaceful sleep, this lull of every sense,
Lends a yet sweeter charm to this young face."
The gesture is in the form of a geometrical figure.
In another place, Robert says:
"Thy voice, proud beauty, few can understand."
Here a spheroidal and then a rectangular movement must be made. We close
the door. "Her voice will be understood by me, alone." He might say:
"Thy voice, proud beauty, will not be understood. It will be elevated
for me, and not for others."
Every sentiment has its form, its plastic expression, and as its form is
more or less elaborated, we may judge of the elevation of the speaker's
thought. If we could stereotype gesture, we might say: "This one has the
more elevated heart, that one the least elevated; this one in the
matter, that one in the spirit of his discourse."
All gestures may be very well delineated.
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