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New physiognomy (1867)

Wells, Samuel R. (Samuel Roberts), 1820-1875 · New York, Fowler and Wells · leaf 220

An illustration from New physiognomy, 1867, leaf 220
nimio puella naso—(Hail, damsel, with by no means too much nose,) c Salve nee minimo puella naso—(Hail, damsel, with by no means nose too little.) It matters not, however, whatCatullus wrote. It is certain thatwomen, at the present day, have by no means too much nose;though we find this organ in… … 214 ABOUT NOSES Mr. Warwick is sarcastic when he says that Popes line, Most women have no characters at all, would, but for a small hiatus in the prosody, read equallywell thus: Most women have no noses at all! and that the lack of character is sufficiently accounted for bythe lack of nasal…

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