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of fjcultit;': mental ami bodily, which remii'.ds u» that " GaJ 

 crcatid Man in his own ImaKC." 



The various heads toiiciicJ upon in l\\^ Inttcr part of this 

 arlielc, will he treated of in the fereral articles of Paintisg 

 and Scun'TURE. 



We cannot forbear fnbjoining the rcfleftinn with which Mr. 

 Thomfon, (a late writer on the fubjed of hcanty) clofes his 

 detail of the various beauties of the f.malc furm. " If we 

 (hould fee a perfon employ hinifclf with a fledge hammer to 

 dafli the enchanting form of the Venus dc Mcdicis to pieces, 

 break her lovely hmb^ and deface her b.-auteous features, we 

 fliould not hetitate a moment to pronounce him a favage 

 barbarian, witliont tafte, feeling, or fentiment, though his 

 frenzy was employed only on a fcnfelefs piece of ftone ; what 

 then mufl we think of the diabolical favage, who exercifes 

 the wortl of all cruelties (becaufe the moft lading and affedU 

 ing both to body and mind,) on the moft bcautifd and 

 amiable of all creatures on this fide heaven ? — made ex- 

 prefsly for his happinefs, folace, and delight, by firll cor- 

 tupling and betraying her, and then baftly abandoning her 

 to pcrilh wiih want, pain, wrctchedneis, and mifery." 

 The fentiments of mankind, with regard to female beauty, 

 have been very various in different ages and nations ; and it 

 is not pofTiblc to ellabliili a llandard which (hall compre- 

 hend all, without difcriniination ; among the ancients, a 

 fniall forehead and joined tyc-brows v\-cre charming features 

 in a female countenance ; and, in Perfia, large joined eye- 

 brows are highly cftcemed. In fome Indian countries, 

 black teeth and white hair are necefiary ingredients in the 

 character of a beauty ; and in the Marian iflands, it is a 

 capital ohjefl with ladies to blacken their teeth with herbs, 

 and to bleach their hair with certain liquors. Beauty, in 

 China and Japan, is compofed of a large countenance, 

 fmall, and half-concealed eyes, a broad nofe, minute feet, 

 ond a prominent belly. Some Indians of America and 

 Alia, comprefs the heads of their children between two 

 wooden planks, with a view to enlarge and beautify the 

 face ; others comprefs them laterally, others deprefs the 

 crown only, and others mike the head as round as poffible. 

 Every nation has ideas of beauty peculiar to itfclf ; and 

 almoll every individual has his own notions and tafte con- 

 cerning this quality. The empire of beauty, however, 

 amidft thefe difcordant ideas, with refpeft to the qualities 

 in which it confills, has been very generally acknowledged, 

 and particularly in all civilized countries ; and when it is 

 united with other accomplilliments that tend to render 

 fem.ilcs amiable, it contributes in no fmall degree to give 

 them importance and influence, to polifli the manners of 

 fociety, and to contribute to its order and happinefs. 



BEAUVAIS, Bellovacum, and Cjesaromacus, in 

 Geography, a city of France, and capital of the department 

 of tlie 0:fe, feated on the Therin ; and, before the revolu- 

 tion, the capital of the Beauvaifis, and the fee of a bifhop. 

 Tne architedure of the cathedral has been much admired, 

 hefides which it has fever.il collegiate and parifli churchrs. 

 The manufafturc of the city is a beautiful tapiftry, which 

 has fupplied a confiderable branch of trade. It has alfo 

 produced great quantities of fergc and woollen cloth. This 

 city was unfuccefsfuUy befieged by the Englifh in 1443, 

 and by the duke of Burgundy in 1472, at the head of 

 80,000 men. On the latter occafion, the women difplayed 

 fmgular CDUrage under the conduit of Jane de Hatchett, 

 whofc portrait is prcfervcd in the town-houfe ; and in com- 

 memoration of their brave defence, the women form the firft 

 rank of a proceflion, obferved annually on the loth of July. 

 K. lat. 49'" 26'. E. long. 2° 15'. 



BEAUVAISIS, a fmall fertile diftrift of France, bor- 



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dercd on the north by Picardy, on the wcH hy VexinNor- 

 niand, on the fouth by Vexin- Francois, and un t!ie eaft by 

 Senhs ; now forming a part of the department of Ojfe. See 

 Bf.auvais. 



BEAUVAL, a town cf France, in the department of 

 the Somnx, and chief place of a canton, in the diftrift of 

 Doulens, one league S. of Doulens. 



BEAUVERAY, a little town of France, in the diftrift 

 called, before t!ie revolution, Autunois, in the dopartmciit 

 of the Saone and Loire, feated at the foot of a mountain, 

 and fuppofi.d by fome to be the ancient B'lliraflc. 



BEAUVILLE, a town of France, in the department 

 of the Lot and Garonne, and chief place of a canton, in 

 the dittrid of Valence, 3^ leagues N. of Valence. N. lat. 

 44° 17'. E. long. 0° 47'. 



BEAUVOIR, a town of France, in the departmen^^of 

 Vendee, a chief place of a canton, in the diftrift of Challans, 

 2\ leagues N. W of Challans. — Alfo, a town of France, 

 in the department of the Ifere, and diftri6-l of St. Marcelin, 

 5 leagues S. W. of Grenobl-. 



Beauvoir fur Niort, a town of France, in the depart- 

 ment of the Two Sevres, and chief place of a canton, in 

 the diftricl of Niort, 2' leagues S. of Niort. 



BEAUVOISIN, Pont dp, a town of France, in the 

 department of the Ifere, and chief place of a canton, in the 

 dillric\ of La Tour du Pin, on the borders of Savoy, I i 

 miles W. of Chambery. It is feated on the fmall river 

 Guier le Vif, which runs through it, and divides it into 

 two parts. 



BEAUZAT, a town of France, in the department of 

 the Rhone and Loire, \\ league S.W. of Moniftrol. 



BEAUZE'E, a town of France, in the department of 

 the Meufc, and chief place of a canton, in the diftrift of 

 Verdun, 4! leagues S. S. ^V. of Verdun. 



BEAUZELEY De Levevou, St. a town of France, 

 in the deparment of Aveiron, and chief place of a canton, 

 in the dillriiil of Milluuid, 2 leagues N. AV. of Milhaud. 



BEBE', a large village of Egypt, on the weft fide of 

 the Nile, diftant about 3 leagues from Benifouef ; the re- 

 fidence of a kiafehef, and the fite of a mofque, and a con- 

 vent of Copts. 



BEBELINGUEN, a town of Germany, in the duchy 

 of Wurtemberg, feated on a lake from which proceeds the 

 river Worm. N. lat. 48'' 45'. E. long. 9° 8'. 



BEBENHAUSEN, a convent in the diftrift of Wur- 

 temberg, called Schonluck, at a fmall diftance N. E. of 

 Tubingen ; the manor of which contains 9 paridies. In 

 this convent is an academy, where Undents are qualified for 

 admiffion into tlie leminary at Tubingen. 



BEBENOWA, a town of Poland, in the Palatinate of 

 Braclaw, 14 miles S. E. of Braclaw. 



BEBERACI, in Ancient Geography, Kalotinich, a lake 

 of Mefopotamia, between mount bingara, and the river 

 Chaboras. 



BEBRE, in Geography, a river of France, which runs 

 into the Loire, oppolite to Bourbon Lancy. 



BEBRYCES, in ylncient Geography, the firft inhabitants 

 of Bithynia. The origin of thefe people, and the reafon 

 of their name, are uncertain. A people of this appella- 

 tion, mentioned by Silins Italicus, (l.iii. v. 420.) inhabited 

 that part of Gallia Narboneiifis, which was fitnated be- 

 tween Spain and tlic Volcx, or near the Pyrenees, and from 

 them called Bebricia. 



BEC, Le, in Geography, a town of France, in the de- 

 partment of the Eure, g leagues AV.S. W. of Rouen. 



BEC Crespin, a town of France, in the department 

 of the Lower Seine, 3 leagues eaft from Havre. 



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