so 
l'avater’s 
eyelids, they contribute to mark the' phyfiognomv,- 
by ferving as a kind of fhade that heightens the 
forms and colours of a pifture. 
‘ The Eyelids, 
• The eyelids are two fixed wings, round before, 
hollow backward, and open acrofs. — The form of 
the opening correfponds with the jutting, orb of the 
eye, and is joined by two angles. Both lids, par- 
ticularly the upper lid, are covered with lathes, of a 
triangular form; and, by acting in concert, they 
contribute to give energy to the language of the 
The Eyes. 
' The Eyes are alinoft perfe6f globes, fixed in foclc- 
ets before and behind the eye-lids, clofe to the optic 
herve; and holding by fix mufcles, which dire61: their 
motion. — This whole compofition is of a tender, 
glaffy^, and -finewy fubftance, containing a humour 
'as brilliant as the fineft cryftal. 
Eyes are of various colours — blue, yellow, gray,^ 
'whititli, black, and mixed tliadesof thefe defcriptions. 
-A deep blue, dark, or quite black, gives to the eye 
' that fparkling lultre of diamonds, which we cannot 
To well perceive in lighter thades of colour. The 
cjrcular fpace that encompaffes the apple, or ball, 
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