ANIMALS. 



give a very different expression from what he 

 would intend ; but the eye-brows can scarcely be 

 exerted improperly; their being raised, denotes 

 all those passions which pride or pleasure inspire ; 

 and their depression marks those which are the 

 effects of contemplation and pain ; and such who 

 have this feature, therefore, most at command, 

 are often found to excel as actors." 



The eye-lashes have an effect in giving expres- 

 sion to the eye, particularly when long and close ; 

 they soften its glances, and improve its sweet- 

 ness. Man and apes are the only animals that 

 have eye-lashes both upon the upper and lower 

 lids ; all other animals want them on the lid be- 

 low. 



The eye-lids serve to guard the ball of the eye, 

 and to furnish it with a proper moisture. The 

 upper lid rises and falls; the lower has scarce 

 any motion ; and although their being moved 

 depends on the will, yet it often happens that the 

 will is unable to keep them open, when sleep or 

 fatigue oppresses the mind. In birds and amphi- 

 bious quadrupeds the lower lid alone has motion ; 

 fishes and insects have no eye-lids whatever. 



The forehead makes a large part of the face, 

 and a part which chiefly contributes to its beauty. 

 It ought to be justly proportioned ; neither too 

 round nor too flat ; neither too narrow nor too 

 low ; and the hair should come thick upon its ex- 

 tremities. It is known to every body how much 

 the hair tends to improve the face ; and how 

 much the being bald serves to take away from 

 be,auty. The highest part of the head is that 



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