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XV. 
Ovid was of this Opinion, as appears by this beau- 
tiful Paffage* 
Hetty quarn difficile eft, crimen non prodere vultu ! 
which the great Addifon chofe for a Motto to the 
8<5rh Speld at or, wherein he has the following refined 
Sentiments upon this Subjeft: c< Every one (fays 
44 he) is in fome degree a Mafter of that Art, which 
u is generally diftinguifhed by the Name of Phyfi- 
44 ognomy; and naturally forms to himfelf the Cha- 
44 rafter or Fortune of a Stranger from the Features and 
44 Lineaments of his Face. We are no fooner pre- 
44 fented to any one we never faw before, but we 
u are immediately ftruck with the Idea of a proud, a 
44 referved, an affable, or a good matur'd Man 5 and, 
44 upon our firft going into a Company of Strangers, 
44 our Benevolence or Averfion, Awe or Contempt, 
44 rifes naturally toward feveral particular Perfons, 
44 before we have heard them fpeak a fingle Word, 
u or fo much as know who they are. 
44 Every Paffion gives a particular Cad to the 
44 Countenance, and is apt to difeover itfelf in fome 
44 Feature or other : I have feen an Eye curfe for 
iC half an Hour together, and an Eye brow call a 
“ Man Scoundrel. For my Part (fays he) I am 
44 fo apt to frame a Notion of every Man's Humour 
44 or Circumftances by his Looks, that I have fome- 
44 times employ'd myfelf from Charing-Crofs to the 
44 Royal Exchange in drawing the Charafters of thojfe 
44 who 
