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The text is an index from a book that discusses various aspects of human beauty and anatomy, exploring topics like the beauty of the eyes, hands, and skin, as well as the effects of proportion. It includes discussions on artistic representations of emotion, such as crying and laughter, and considers the effects of illness and accidents on proportions. The text also covers topics like the broader shoulders of men compared to women, and the peculiar mention of a Scottish boy in Amsterdam.

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INDEX

Beauty can also be enhanced by understanding embellishments. 28

Beauty of a Woman seen by some only in the Face. 30

Beauty of a Man's Body described. 31

Beauty as it must be impressed in the thoughts of the Painter. 35

Beauty is seldom or never found in the ultimate degree in a single Person. 36

Beauty largely depends on Proportion. 41

Beauty of the Face and dignified Body Length as regarded in old times. 66

Beauty of the Eyes in their enchanting power. 116

Beauty of the Hands. 154

Beauty of the Skin contributes much to the Life of a well-made Person. 185

Distinction between Woman and Maiden in Bearing. 309

Scottish Boy in Amsterdam with a Tail seen. 383

Men's Shoulders broader than those of Women. 69

How the shoulders should properly align. 182

Shoulder blades and their correct form. 387

Differences in Crying and Laughing in Artistic Representation. 298

Crying occurs in various Ways. 299

Certainty of things one cannot entirely understand. 374

Illnesses and Accidents damage Proportion. 76

Striking Action in Various Examples explained. 279

How Striking Action is properly made. 326

Why Sleeping occurs more easily lying than sitting. 344

How a Sleeping Person Awakes again. 354

Bones of the Head as described. 381

Muscles as discussed in the text. 412

Key-bones as described. 386

How Food tastes. 139

Description of a Spaniard in his Nature and Person. 53

Spinoza's thoughts on Soul and Body. 359

Food is elevated and made Tasty. 139

Speech accomplished through the Lips fully. 134

Speech which is Clear and Unclear. 141

Sprangers-Creeptjes as described in vile Applications. 249

Games and Voluntary Exercises, make young Bodies larger and stronger. 76

Speaking how people can be understood from afar; 134

Speaker who speaks sitting. 314