"
Shakspeare would have thought it high treason, for he says,--
"Down with the nose, take the bridge quite away
Of him, that his particular to forefend
_Smells_ from the general weal."
There may have been many other such noses that have escaped
observation,--"born to _blush_ unseen:" enough, however, I have here stated
of those my recollection furnishes me with at the moment, to establish the
fact of variety, and to lead curious physiologists to a scientific
classification of this _prominent_ and well-deserving feature of the human
face. I would recommend a proper distinction being observed between
functional varieties, and those which arise from size, shape, or colour, of
which, in a cursory way, may be enumerated first,--
_Shape._[9]
Roman. Snub. Flat. Bottle nose,
Grecian. Pug. Sharp. Parrotical nose.
_Colour._
Red. Malmsey. Purple.
Ruby. Claret. Copper.
[9] Lavater considers the nose as the fulcrum of the brain; and
describes it as a piece of Gothic architecture.
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