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little rais'd the ‘Pupil, which is cover’d by theLid* 
and looks languid ; the other Mufcles of the Face 
are relax’d, and the Diftance between the RiElus 
Oris and the Eyes is much lengthened. This 
gives Occalion for the Phrafe commonly ufed, of 
putting on a long Face, upon being forrowful ; 
and the Relaxation mention’d caufes the forlorn 
Look. 
Immoderate Grief, by keeping thofe Mufcles re- 
lax’d for a Series of Time, brings on that hagged 
g'oomy Look, which no Change of Mind afterwards 
can alter, and round whofe. doleful Afpedt Care fits 
brooding. 
Grief may be real or imaginary ,• and, in either 
Cafe, the Afptd is fufficientiy reprefented in this 
Figure j but it may be alfo feign’d; there will be, 
in that Cafe, as little Sympathy between the Mouth 
and Eyes as we fhew’d to be in the Countenance of 
Mirth, where it is infincere, and therefore, tho’ the 
Mouth, by the Direction of its Corners downwards, 
may ferve to reprefent that Puflion, yet the Eyes 
cannot be influenced by any means but real Grief, to 
fhed Tears, or appear languid ; and therefore, if an 
hypocritical Sotrow was to be reprefented, it could 
not be better done, than by making the Eyes appear 
gay, or inclining to the laughing Way, and the 
Mouth at the fame time on the weeping Mood ; the 
refl: of the Face being well-proportion’d. 
When Grief is real, and founded upon juft Rca- 
fon, the pitying Part of Mankind are fo moved at 
it, that one may venture to call it the Touchftonc 
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