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L AVATER*S 
ESSAY V. 
On Grace and Beauty. 
THE impreffions made by Beauty and by Virtue 
are alike : we acquire the fame confcious fenfe of 
bodily perfection and moral reCtitude in both cafes, 
where our feelings act in concei t with our judgment 
informing an eftimate of their relative value. Our 
juft conception of true excellence is proved by the 
immediate delight that it affords in gladdening the 
heart, while, on the other hand, extraordinary de- 
formity raifes the involuntary fmile of derifion, 
when it is not reftrained by pity, refpeCt, or re- 
flection. 
Infanity, or other defeCts of the mind, do not 
ftiockusmore than fingular features; — too prominent 
a nofe, ill-matched eyes, a figure like Don Quix- 
ote’s, crooked limbs, and projecting flioulders : fuch 
a fight creates either compaflion, flight, or indif- 
ference. 
The beauties of the foul and body bear likewife 
a refemblance in their changes, being afteCted by 
the fame caufes. 
Violent paffions, anger, jealoufy, hatred, envy, 
convulfe the body, and difturb the mind disfigur- 
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