Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1873-04-16

CONCERNING NOSES.

1t will be found that the most extraordi-
nary men OF every age have been distin-
guished by having extraordinary noses
Beginning with the ancients. Scipio n asica
derived his name from the prominent
share of this feature possessed By him so
did Ovid. surnamed Naso, on which ac-
count Pope represents his Hatterers. per-
suading him that he had "a nose like
Ovid's;' Cicero's nose was distinguished
by vetch (eicer); Sylla's by profusion
of pimples. This latter made great sfig-
ure in those days, and the Athenians while
he was besieging them. cut a number OF
jokes on It. They compared 1t to "a mul-
berry dredged over with meal,a as We
read in Plutarch's Life of Syllas - This
joke, as many other joeose things often do,
cost the inventors very dearly when the
revengeful dictator put his nose within
their city gates. The nose of Cromwell
was we'll calculated to vie with that of his
Roman prototype, if we may ycredit Cleve-
land, Burkenhead and other contemporary
writers. ''Cromwell's face says Birken-
head, wears a natural tiffany, and his
chin may furnish q rusty coat of mail
His nose is comet in grain certainly, 1t
is no human feature, but the emblem Of a
mandrake And yet this basilisk would
king it? Napoleon I. was wont to say:
.'Give me 4 man with plenty of nose
long nose, long head.n His best generals
were, as IA rnle, remarkably well provided
i'll this particular. His own was exquisite
ly chiseed, scupturesque in mould, form
and expression; though strangely enough
not one of his brothers had nose worth
looking at. .,-..zs-...
But the most prominent nose in Europe
was Arthur, Duke of Welllngton's And
the Iron Dukes Captains Hng glesey. Picton
Combermere, and Hardinge. were lnenall
noteworthy in this respect also. Sir
Charles Napier, the conqueror of Scinde,
was similarly favored. His nose was
'like the beak of an eagle" it was carved
and keen as the blade of scythe. Ina
celebrated debate in the House Of Com
mons, Sheridan compared Pitts nose to
the steeple of Strasbourg Pitt retorted
by likening that of Sheridan's to "fiery
meteor" Sherry feature, s'on the col
oring Of which thousands of pounds OF his
creditors money had been spent, stin
CLEANS like fiery comet from the carica-
lures of Gillray." The late Lord Celley
had such another nose, and he had the
very red face altogether. pray my
Lord" said Foote to him, 'come and look
over my garden wall-my cucumbers are
very backward Lord Brougham's nose,
1.-the, flexible, mobile. now wagging with
infinite humor. now heaving with terrific
wrath, has been the theme Of 10000 pens.
By the way, Senor Oreuse. the veteran
leader of the republican party in Spain, is
said to be about duplicate of the late
Lord Brougham, the similarity OF face,
even to the unmistakable nose, being
wonderful. Mrs. Siddon's was another
remarkable nose, and it gave trouble to
Sir Joshua Reynolds. The prince of por-
trait painters was completely baffied by it.
For whole week he had been at the fea-
ture, and could not get the hang of it by
hook or crook. The witchery of the trag-
edy queens great, merry. yet serious eyes:
the ripeness tinctured with tenderness and
touched with a soupcon OF scorn, of the
small mouth, the gloom of the eyebrows,
the dimple in the chin, the inimtable
curve of the graceful neck, the curly head
surmounted by the cavalier hat, the lazy
gracetulness of atitude-all were there,
true to the original but then the nose
Booth, the well known actor, had broken
nose . 4 lady once remarked to him, al
like your acting, Mr.. Booth; but can't
get over your nose" '.No wonder, mad
am replied he, the bridge is gone"
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