FEMALE BEAUTY.
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Those who are accustomed 10 enlightened
views Of female beauty. well know that there
are different kinds of personal beauty, among
which tha, Of form and coloring hold very
inferior rank. There is beauty Of express
sion, for instance, Of sweetness, of nobility,
of intellectuai refinement, of feeling. of ami
nation, of meekness, of resignation, and ma
nyciler kinds s'of beauty, which may be allied
10 the PLANES, features. and ye, may remain 10
give pleasure long after the blooming cheek
has faded and silvery gray has mingled with
the hair. And how far more powerful, in their
Influence upon others, are some of those kinds
Of beauty, For, after all, beauty depends
more upon the movements of the face than
at rest; and thus, a counienance habilually
under the influence Of amiable feelings, ac-
quires beauty Of the highest order, from the
frequency with which such feelings are the
originating cause of the movements or expires
sions which stamp their character upon it,
Who has not waited for The first opening Of
the lips Of a celebrated belle, 10 see whciher
her claims would be supported by 'the mind,
the music. breathing Of her face;" and who
has not. occasionally, turned away, repelled
by the utter blank, or worse than blank, which
the simple movement Of the mouth in speak


ing Or smiling has revealed2 The language
Of poetry, describes the loud laugh as indioa
tive Of the vulgar mind and certainly there are
expressions, conveyed through the medium Of
N smile, which heed moi Lavaler to inform us
that refinement Of feeling. or elevation Of soul,
has liule TO do with the fair conn,enance on
which they are Impressed. On the other hand,
there arep plain women sometimes mel in socie-
iy, every, movement Of whose features is in
s,inct with intelligence; who from the genu-
inc Iaear,-warm smiles which play about the
mouth. the sweet.y modulaied voice, and
the lighlnipgup of the eye, that looks as il it
could comprehend the universe" becomes
perfectly beautiful TO those who live with them
and love them Before such pretensions as
these, how soon do the pipk-and white oil
merely pretty face vanish into uolhing!