I suggest as one reason why the nose has submitted to this injustice the fact that Occidental noses are so small.
But the deuce is to pay if the noses of the West are the only noses.
There are the Oriental noses, which are very handsome noses.
Do you question the superiority of these noses to your own, gentlemen of Paris, of Vienna, of St. Petersburg?
In that case, my Viennese friends, go by the Danube; you Parisians, take the steamer; Petersburgers, the sledge; and say these simple words:
“To Georgia.”
But I forewarn you of deep humiliation. Should you bring to Georgia one of the largest noses in Europe, at the gate of Tiflis they would gaze at you in astonishment and exclaim:
“What a pity that this gentleman has lost his nose on the way.” ...
Ah, sweet Heaven! those beautiful Georgian noses! Robust noses, magnificent noses!
They are all shapes: