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the did a ace of two faces from the fhoulder to
the elbow, the/ are only one; and the lame
acrofs the fhoulders, and in the legs.

We have already faid, that a man has in
height feven and a half heads., or ten faces;
infants have only five faces, and children have
five heads : as they advance in fhiture they
approach nearer to the proportions of matu-
rity. As thofe who grow failed not only be-
come taller than others, but Hkewife more
ipeedily exhauft their fulnefs of flcfh, they
feem to grow fwifter than they really do;
their thinnefs making their proportions feem
longer than they otherwife would appear.

The innocence, the fimplicity, the endear-
ments of children, have given occafion to ar-
tifts to introduce a very numerous family of
characters, which they ferve to exprefs; that
powerful deity, Cupid, ftands at their head*
and with his extenfive retinue of loves, makes
a confpicuous figure. Thefe are extremely
ufeful to painters and poets on fundry occa-
sions, and ferve to indicate or to explain their
ideas when mortal men are difcarded, And
fa far as mere allegory, or allufion to ancient
mythology requires them, I admit their ier-
vices i but, I by no means approve of their in-
troduction in fcripture fubjecls as if they were
cherubims i thofe figures were not an infant's

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