Smyrna times., 1873-06-11
Concerning Noses.

1t will be found that the most extraordinary
men Of every age have been distinguished by
having extraordinary noses Beginning with
the ancients, ScipiO Nasica derived his name
from the prominent share Of this feature
possessed by him so did Ovid, surnamed
NasO, ON which account Pope represents his
hatterers per>ulding him that he had "a nose
like Ovid s." CicerOs nose was distinguished
by vetch (eicef0; Sylla's by profusion of pim-
pies. This latter made a great figure in those
days, and the Athenians, while he was besieging
them, cut number of jokes on it. They
compared it to a mulberry dredged over with
meal, as we read in Plutarch' Life Of Syla"
This joke, as many other jOcOSe things often do,
cost the inventors very dearly when the
revengeiul dictator put his nose within their
city gates.
| The nose of Cromwell was we'll calculated to
vie with that OF his Romon prototype, il we
may credit Cleveland, Pirkeuhead and other
contemporary writer's. "CrOmwell's face, says
Birkenhead, wears natural tiffany, aud his
chin may furnish a rusty coat Of mail. His
nose is comet in grain; certainly it is no
human feature, but the emblem of mandrake.
And yet this basiSk would king it" Napoleon
was wont to say: "Give me man with plenty
of nOse-long nose, long head" His best
generals were, as a rule remarkably well pro-
vided in this particular. His own was ex-
quisitely chiseled sculpturesque in mould,
form and expression; though, strangely enough,
not one of his brothers had a nose worth look
ing at
But the most prominent nose in Europe was
Arthur's, Duke of Wellington. And the Iron
Duke S captains, Anglesey, Picto1, Comber-
mere and Hardlnge, where men all 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 a scythe. In
a celebrated debate in the House of Commons,
Sheridan compared Pitt nose to the steepe of
StrasbOurg. Pitt retorted by likening that OF
! Sheridan to fiery meteor Sherry's feature,
ION the cOlOring Of which thousands of pounds
of his creditors money had been spent, still
CLEANS like fiery comet from the carcatures oil
Gilray." The late Lord Celly 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 waggng with
Infinite humOr, now heaving with terrific wrath
has been the theme of ten thousand pens.
BY the way, Senior Oreuse, the veteran
leader OF the Republican party i'll Spain, is SAID
to be about a duplicate Of the late Lord Broug
ham, the similarity of face, even to the unmis
taxable nose, being wonderful. Mrs. SiddOnS
was another remarkable nose, and it gave
great trouble to Sir Joshua Reynolds The
prince of portrait painters was completely
batfled by it. For whole week he had beer
at the feature, and could not get the hang of i
by hook or crook The wtchery of the tragedy
queens great merry, yet serious eyes; the ripe
ness, tinctured with tenderness, and touched
with a SOupcOn Of tcOrD, Of the small mouth
the gloom OF the eyebrows, the dimple in tht
chin the inimitable curve Of the graceful neck
the curly head surmounted by the cavalier hat
the lazy gracetulness of attitude-al wer
there, true to the original-but then the nose
Booth, the well known actor, had a broker
nose. A lady once remarked to him, 81 Hk,
your acting, Mr. Booth, but, to be frank will
you, | cant get over your nose" IN,
wonder madam" replied he, " the bridge i
gone. ~ CdSselrs Nagdzi,,e