To get thy nose a name.

Take it away, if thou art wise,
And keep it safe at home,
Amongst thy curiosities
Of ancient Greece and Rome."

Shakspeare would have thought it high treason, for he says,--

"Down with the nose, take the bridge quite away
Of him, that his particular to forefend
_Smells_ from the general weal."

There may have been many other such noses that have escaped
observation,--"born to _blush_ unseen:" enough, however, I have here stated
of those my recollection furnishes me with at the moment, to establish the
fact of variety, and to lead curious physiologists to a scientific
classification of this _prominent_ and well-deserving feature of the human
face. I would recommend a proper distinction being observed between
functional varieties, and those which arise from size, shape, or colour, of
which, in a cursory way, may be enumerated first,--

_Shape._[9]

Roman. Snub. Flat. Bottle nose,
Grecian. Pug. Sharp. Parrotical nose.

_Colour._

Red. Malmsey. Purple.