The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1867-02-07
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GREENViLL +, SOUIH i
The Noae
TIE ltrms We uss ii, describing
ANA tend 10 bring Il into CON
tempt nile ps laugh. For in..
1fl)1 \ ~ BE a man hasa pug
e ~ y ) hatcbet-nose, a club
al = : ne, a potato nose, a:
8 I'd M bafTol's nose, or turn.
E|up>nose, Some thoughlless people des-
| 'ignhte il as s'enout, a probocis, while
l.others, in speaking of Q large nose, call
fit.s promontorys a Frenehman says
Eof. a clever man, that he has fine nose
of prudent one, that he has a good
nose; Of proud man, that he carries
bis nose in the air; an inquisi,ive per,
son is said 10 poke his nose every.
where; a gournaand is described as al
ways having his nose in his plate that
of the scholar is said lo,sbeT alwaysin
his books. When an individual is grow
ing angry under provoca,ion, the French
say the mustard is rising to his nose.
The English say of q man who does
not form very decisive opinions-who
is led by what others say rather than
by his own judgment-that he is led
by the nose. Others who dSthemselves
harm when trying to injare nm enemy,
are said TO have cut off the nose to spite
the face. And il love affairs, when, a
rival has been supplauied, it is said~that
he has had his nose put out Of Joint.
A whole issue Of The uome Journal
might be filled with The humorous al
lusions which have been made on the
nose. From the earliest times, down to
the present, it would seem as if there
were tacit agreement among mankind
to make the nose a subjec; of jest. The
following is a a.versifcaIIon Of remark
said to have been made by the Emperor
Trojan on man; who not only had a
very largo nose, but large teeth, also:
| /" Let Dick one summers day expose o. .
Before the sun his nonstrous nose,
And stretch his giant mouth, to cause =
Its shades to fall upon his jaws;
His nose so long, his mouth 80 wide,
And those twelve grinders, side by side,
IN lex, with very nttHe trial,
| Would make an excellent sun dial"
The literal translation of the remark
is: placing your nose opposite to the
sun, aud, opening your mouth, you will
show tn hour to all observers. Another
Greek poet describes the:nose of man
rs being. so large that its distance from
his ears prevented him from hearing
himself sneeze. And Of Castor's nose,
it is said it combined all the useful in
struments of .life-a spade, aItrumpet,
an anchor, pot hook, e;c. ~ .,
= Although the nose has been ridiculed
through all time, and held in contempt,
yet the majority of the greatest men
who have. ever lived have been noted
for large noses. The Romans he'd a
nroverb: "Non cuiquc datum est habert
ndsups tits not common TO every
one to have a nose meaning that il
was not every one who could boast Of q
prominent nasal appendage or, TO speak
more plainly, have an expressive nose
Cyrus the Great had long, sharp nose
andrthe Persians Of the present day, ir
order that they may resemble, in ont
particular, at least, their great warrior
pinch. lheir noses to resemble his
Cicero was called the orator with III,
equiyocal nose. Julius Caesar had Al
aquiHns nose so had Aspasia, Paris
4 and Achilles {; but the nose of the ole
philosopher, Socrates, il is sad to relate
wa. a decided pug. "
II is almost needless to say that N,
nose enters very largely into the matte
of personal beauty. All writer's on ply
siology and beauty, Jay great stress oil
the part it-must take in The facial out
line. Some call il the regulator of al
the other features. One claims il shoGt
be one-third the length from the tip o.
r the chin to the roots of The hair, and
If there is any deviation from this rule
it must be an excess, for it wonld b.
better 10 have too large nose than on
too small, Plato called the aqnilin,
the royal nose, and, from the fact lba
the subjects Of most Of the early sculp
tors and painters were represented a
having large noses, we may judge tha
they preferred ihem 10 small one'
! @Giveane, 'said Napoleon" man viii
l. a good, allowance of a. nose. Suang
"a IL may appear, when L want any goo
| headwoTk. done, I choose man-pro
yided his education has been suitable
with a long nose. His breathing 1
q 'boId and free, and hrs brain, as well a
D his lungs and heart; coo! and clear. !
$ my observation of men, ! have ,alway
invariahlvsIf fouud n Ionp nose and n Ion