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by earlier securing them permanent objects
of affection, and rendering the world less
essential to their happiness.
It is evident,
too, that the disappointment EngHsh
travellers
experience in regard to Italian beauty,
arises from their own conception of physical
lovehness, as much as from any dearth of
the beautiftil.
Most EngHsh, when they use
the phrase " beautiful women," merely intend
to designate a pretty face. But this is
evidently a very narrow interpretation.
The
more legitimate idea of female beauty refers
to form
and expression,—the natural language
of the soul, finding utterance in the
play of feature and the mould and carriage
of the body.
In these elements there is a
charm which appeals both to the senses and
the heart; they are enduring, and have
relation to character; whereas regularity of
feature and purity of complexion may exist
in a doU.
The beauty of a genuine ItaHan