INTRODUCTION. 
Several prote£tors and profeffors of the fine 
arts have approved of our refearches refpe£ting the 
paffions and their expreflions : ^ve have therefore 
thought it incumbent on us to comply with their 
whiles, by communicating the refult of further in- 
quiries, after having fully treated this important 
matter with refpe 61 to art and nature, painting and 
phyfiognomy. 
It is with a view to general utility, more than 
from a defire of gaining fame, that we prefent a 
feries of obfervations paving the way to difcoveries. 
— In thefe Efiays every article may be confidered 
as a ftep leading intelligent beings to a better light, 
where they will attain the fummit of their purfuits, 
by feeling themfelves convinced that all living crea- 
tures have a fet of features and complexion, forming 
fo many pages of that great book of Nature which 
it is our duty to learn — nay, the perufal of it is fo 
much the more eafy, as it is a delightful talk to gra- 
tify that innate palfion, the llrong curiofity to know 
ourfelves. 
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