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the Ground (hall appear all over convulfed and dif- 
torted, laughing at the fame time that Mifery and 
Diftrcfs appear upon the whole Countenance : Some* 
times it is follow'd by immoderate Weeping, from the 
fame Correfpondence with the Mufcles of that Paf- 
fion in the Face ; which, tho 5 convulfive, is yet lefs 
Blocking; as it fee ms, at leaft, more fuitable to the 
Miitries of the afflided poor Creature. 
An untortunate Perfon fometimes feigns a Laugh 
to conceal his Diftrefs $ but it is eafy to difcern that 
the Heart is not the Didator of that feeming Mirth, 
by ooferving the Want of the Sympathy of other 
Parts of the Countenance. 
When Laughing is vehement, it is a common 
Thing to fee Tears flow from the Eyes, before the Per- 
fon who laughs has quite given over ; becaufe, by 
the Violence and Continuation, for tome time, of 
the Motion of the Diaphragm, the Blood is pu fil'd 
with great Force to the Face, and, confequently, to 
the lacrymal Glands ; where, by that means, join’d 
to the PreiTure made by the ftrong Contraction of 
the Orbicular Mufcles, the Tears are fquecz'd out of 
the Glands in abundance s and when once they are 
begun, will continue to trickle down, till the Laugh 
ceafes, and the Diaphragm and Mufcles of Laughter 
in the Face are at Reft. 
The Appearance of this Countenance, with the 
Body in an Attitude fuitable to the Occafion, would 
make the Reprefentation ftill the better; as, fitting 
in a Gonverfation either with the Head lifted up on 
one Side, or handing with the Body leaning back- 
ward, where the Gbjeft of Mirth is prefect : And 
there is another frequent Action, that attends vehe- 
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