LAUGHTER SORROW. 



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" If you would add an arch, or a wanton look, 

 place the eye sideways, and contract the upper 

 eyelid expressive of a wink. 



"In a sorrowful countenance (Fig. 43) the fifth pair 

 of nerves are principally affected; the mouth is 

 drawn downwards by the descent of the upper lip. 

 To add despair to this emotion, the face must be 

 made to look upwards and somewhat obliquely ; 



Fig. 42. Laughter. 



Fig. 43. Sorrow. 



the brow must be furrowed with wrinkles; and 

 the middle of the eyebrows be drawn upwards. 



" In weeping (Fig. 44), all the muscles which re- 

 ceive the fifth pair of nerves act in a very forcible 

 manner. Hence the corners of the mouth are 

 drawn downwards, the lower part of the nose 

 upwards, the eyebrows descend, the eyes are nearly 

 closed, and tears are pressed out of the lachrymal 

 glands." 



The following quotation is from the writings of 

 Antony Raphael Mengs. He says : 



