| Pliny the Elder, Natural History (English) (XML Header) [genre: prose] [word count] [lemma count] [Plin. Nat.]. | ||
| <<Plin. Nat. 11.58 | Plin. Nat. 11.59 (Latin) | >>Plin. Nat. 11.60 |
Within the cheeks is the mouth, which gives such strong indications of the feelings of joyousness and laughter; and above it, but in man only, is the nose, which modern notions have stamped as the exponent of sarcasm and ridicule. [Note] In no other animal but man, is the nose thus prominent; birds, serpents, and fishes, have no nostrils, but apertures only for the purpose of smell. It is from the peculiarity of the nose
that are derived the surnames of "Simus" [Note] and "Silo." Children born in the seventh month often have the ears and the nostrils imperforate.
| Pliny the Elder, Natural History (English) (XML Header) [genre: prose] [word count] [lemma count] [Plin. Nat.]. | ||
| <<Plin. Nat. 11.58 | Plin. Nat. 11.59 (Latin) | >>Plin. Nat. 11.60 |
