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A Treatise on Painting, by Leonardo da Vinci
1721
Senex and Taylor, London


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LDE T2389   CID214  Remarks on the Muscles

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The Members of Young People, ought never to havetheir Muscles too strong and prominent; that being one of the Characteristicks of Maturity and Manhood, to which Youth is not yet arrived: The Muscles, however, must be touch'd with more or less Force, as there is a greater or less stress laid on them; those seen to make any vigorous Effort appearing Grosser and more In flated, than the others which are out of Action. By the way, let it be observed, that in Members which are bent, the central Line withinside, does never retain its natural Length.