New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1873-04-17
tOItcCrniHg Noses.

1t will be found that the most extraordinary
men OF every age have been distinguished by
having extraordinary noses. Beginning with
the anclents, Sc.pin \asica derived his nam,
from the prominent share of this feature pos
sessed by him; so did Ovid surnamcd Naso,
on which account Pope represents his fiat
terers persuading him that he had "a uosa
like OvId's;' ticero's nose was distinguished
by yelCh, (si.er y Sylla's hy pro.usiuu 81.
pmplcs This latter made 4 great figure in
those day, and the Athcniaus, while he wa,
bcsieglng them, cut a number of Jokes on IT,
They compared it to "a mulberry drcdgcl
over with meal, ~ we read in pMtlrch'4
Lille OF SylIa." This joke. as many Other
iocOse things often do, cost the inventors
very dearly when the Tcyengutul dictator nut
his nose within the city gates. The nose oi
Cromwell was well calculated to vie with
that OF his Roman prototype, it We may credit
Cleveland, Birkenhead. and other con-
temporary writers. "CrOmwclHS face
says Birkenhcad, wears natural tiffany,
and his chin may furnish rusty coat of mail.
His nose is II comet in grain certainly it is
no human feature, but the emblem of man
drake. And yet this basiliek would KING it go
Napoleon |. was wont to say: Give me 4
man with plenty Of nusc--loug nose, Ion.
head" His best Generals were, as a rule,
remarkably well provided in thi, particular
His own was eXquisitcly chisclcd .tulptur-
csquo i'll mold, form, aud expression; though.
strangely enough, not one orhls brothers had
IA nose worth looking at.
But the most prominent nose IN Europe
was Althur's, Duke Of Wellington. And the
Iron Dukes Captains Auglc,cy, pictou,
COmbelmerC, and llardngc, were all men
noteworthy in this respect also. ~irt hIylcs
Napier, the conqucror of Sciudy, was SINH
larly favored. His nCac was Ike "thc b"IE
OF an eagle" it was carved and keen a4 tho
blade Of a scythe. In n celebrated debate in
the House OF Commons, Sheridan compared
Pitts nose to the stccplc of Strasbourg Pitt
retOrted by lkening that Of Shcrilan's to Il
"iery meteor" Shcrry's feature, "Uu the
COlOring of which thousands Of pounds oC his
creditors money had been spent, ,till CLEANS
like fiery comet from the caricaturc5 OF GILL
ray" The late Lord Cclly had such anothc'
nose, and he had the very red face alto2cth-
err. PRAY, my Lord" said FoOlc to HIN,
come and look over my garden wall-my
cucumbers are very Backward Lord
Brougham's nose, 1.-the, flexible, mobile,
now waggng with infinite humor, now heav-
| ing with terrific wrath, has been the theme
Of ten thousand pens.
| BY the way, senior Orcusr, the veteran
/ leader Of the Republican party in Spain, Is
/ said To be about Il duplicate oil the late Lorj
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unmistakablc nose, being wonderful. Ms.
| SiddOns' was another remarkable nose, and
it gave great trouble to Sir Joshua Reynolds.
! The prince Of portrait painters WAS COM
pletcly baiiicd by it. For whole week Eo
had been at the feature and could not yet the
hang OF it by hook or crook. The wtchcry
of the tragedy queens great, merry, yet &c
rOus eyes the ripenCs3 tinCturcd with ten
dcrness and touched with a sovDeo,, Of seoru,
Of the small mouth; the gloom Of the eye
brows, the dimplc in the chin, the iuiuittb.e
curve Of the graceful neck, the curly heat
surmounted by the cavalier hat, the !Jzy
gracefulncss Of attitude all were there true
to the original but then the nose, Booth,
the well-known actor, had broken nose.
| 4 lady once remarked T. him, Il like yoI.
acting, Mr.. Booth but to BE- frank with you,
| can't get over your nose" 80 wonder,
madam" replied he, ''the bridge = gone" -
! CasssiPs Vagqziae.