The text discusses the historical perceptions and fashion of eye shapes among different cultures and figures. It mentions the attributes associated with eye shapes by different societies, including how certain eye shapes are favored or viewed. Additionally, it describes a belief written in an old letter that Christ had greenish eyes during his time on Earth.
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were attributed to Juno Oil-Eyes. It is still remembered that among the Young People and Female Society it used to be said that large round eyes were fashionable. Also, the Spanish and Greek women are still brave about it. The Arab doctor Averroës seems to have different ideas, as he claims that those with such large Oil-Eyes are commonly timid and fearful people. The small narrow and elongated eyes are not at all graceful; although some nations consider them their own inherited trait, like the Chinese and Tartars should not be underestimated. Egyptians always have red and fiery eyes, which some attribute to the sharp Dust and Sand that is constantly lifted by the Drought of the Air (because there is little rain). Among the Dutch, brown eyes are praised, and there are foolish women who prefer to have a child with them. The gray ones are called Dog-Eyes; the blue ones Cat-Eyes, the very large: Cod-Eyes. And those that are fearfully large are usually measured by a sausage piece. There is also an old letter in existence which is written from Jerusalem to a Roman Prince, in which among other things about the Savior is said, it is noted that Christ, while living on Earth, had Greenish Eyes.
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