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off from the expreſſion of the countenance, and the beautiful glow which modeſty, affection, or any other emotion of the mind, gives, can never be ſeen. It is not "a mind-illumined face." "The body does not charm, becauſe the mind is ſeen," but juſt the contrary; and if caught by it a man marries a woman thus diſguiſed, he may chance not to be ſatisfied with her real perſon. A made-up face may ſtrike viſitors, but will certainly diſguſt domeſtic friends. And one obvious inference is drawn, truth is not expected to govern the inhabitant of ſo artificial a form. The falſe life with which rouge animates the eyes, is not of themost
