New Physiognomy : or signs of character, as manifested through temperament and external forms, and especially in the "the human face divine." (1889)
Wells, Samuel R. (Samuel Roberts), 1820-1875 · New York : Fowler & Wells · leaf 220
imio puella naso—(Hail, damsel, with by no means too much nose,) ** 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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