r one mixed between an affected grin and sourness--the
upper lip is drawn up with an air of disdain. The arms are set a-kimbo
on the hips, and the right hand now and then thrown out toward the
object, as if one were going to strike another a slight back-handed
blow. The pitch of the voice rather loud, the tone arch and sneering;
the sentences short; the expressions satyrical, with mock-praise
intermixed. There are instances of raillery in scripture itself, as 1
Kings xviii. and Isa. xliv. It is not, therefore, beneath the dignity
of the pulpit-orator, occasionally to use it, in the cause of virtue, by
exhibiting vice in a ludicrus appearance. Nor should I think raillery
unworthy the attention of the lawyer; as it may occasionally come in,
not unusefully, in his pleadings, as well as any other stroke of
ornament, or entertainment.

_Buffoonery_ assumes an arch, sly, leering gravity. Must not quit its
serious aspect, though all should laugh to burst ribs of steel. This
command of face is somewhat difficult, though not so hard, I should
think, as to restrain the contrary sympathy, I mean of weeping with
those who weep.

_Joy_, when sudden and violent, expresses itself by clapping of hands,
and exultation, or leaping. The eyes are opened wide; perhaps filled
with tears; often raised to heaven, especially by devout persons. The
countenance is smiling; not composedly, but with features aggravated.
The voice rises from time to time, to very high notes.

_Delight_, or _pleasure_, as when one is entertained, or ravished with
music, painting, oratory, or any such elegancy, shews itself by the
looks, gestures, and utterance of joy; but moderated.

_Gravity_, or _seriousness_, the mind fixed upon some important subject,
draws down the eyebrows a little; casts down, or shuts, or raises the
eyes to heaven; shuts the mouth, and pinches the lips close. The posture
of the body and limbs is composed, and without much motion. The speech,
if any, slow and solemn; the tone unvarying.

_Enquiry_ into an obscure subject, fixes the body in one posture, the
head stooping, and the eye poring, the eyebrows drawn down.

_Attention_ to an esteemed, or superior character, has the same aspect,
and requires silence; the eyes often cast down upon the ground;
sometimes fixed on the face of the speaker; but not too pertly.

_Modesty_, or _submission_, bends the body forward; levels the eyes, to
the breast, if not to the feet, of the superior chara