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from the Hate and fituation of the fockets. Nor 
ought we to take lefs notice of thofe parts which 
conneft the eye-brows with the nofe, where the 
ftamp of the human will, and the figns of aftive 
life, are molt confpicuous. 
The noble, deep, and hidden fenfe of hearing is 
placed on the fides j and, as a man ought to hear 
around for himfelf alone, his ear is plain, without 
ornaments, or beautified only by its depth, polifh, 
and delicacy. 
Upon a part of the face there is a kind of cloud, 
that marks ravenous appetite, and an exceffive love 
of pleafure. The upper lip expreffes ftrongly fuch 
leading foibles ; for a rakifli life weakens it, pride 
and paflion bend it, cunning fharpens it, kindnefs 
rounds it, love and enjoyments give it an inexpref- 
fible charm. 
A fine row of teeth is likewife a defirable per- 
fe£tion. A pure mouth is, in every fenfe, a recom- 
mendation of the whole perfon j and like a beau- 
tiful porch-door that correfponds with a palace for 
the voice, which we may call the orator of the 
heart and foul, fince it communicates the language 
of the moll; tender fentiments. 
The under lip begins to form the chin, and the 
jaw-bone compleats the ellipfis or oval form of the 
vifage, as a key-flone of the vault in the noble ftruc- 
ture delineated. This part, according to Grecian 
models, ought to taper infenfibly. 
But 
