From James Paget [1873]1
Sir William Gull has just brought me the enclosed quotations from Chaucer, as illustrations of the closure of the eyes in effort.2 He begs me to send them to you. I have lately seen a terrier who very distinctly frowns during mental excitement—not always with anger, but often, I think, with anxiety, as in expecting food.
Footnotes
Bibliography
Expression 2d ed.: The expression of the emotions in man and animals. By Charles Darwin. 2d edition. Edited by Francis Darwin. London: John Murray. 1890.
Summary
"Sir William Gull has just brought me the enclosed quotations from Chaucer, as illustrations of the closure of the eyes in effort. [In "The Nun’s priest’s tale" in Canterbury tales the fox tricks Chanticleer into crowing, whereupon Chanticleer closes his eyes to make the effort (and gets seized by the fox).] He begs me to send them to you.
I have lately seen a terrier who very distinctly frowns during mental excitement – not always with anger, but often, I think, with anxiety, as in expecting food."
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-8713
- From
- James Paget, 1st baronet
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- unstated
- Source of text
- S. Paget ed. 1901, p. 408
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 8713,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-8713.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 21
