Word: noses
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...girls say papa and mamma : The New York girl says "Ma - r!" with a jerk on the "r." The Philadelphia girl says "May-ar" through her nose. The St. Louis girl says "Ma'mar;" the Boston girl says "Mur-mur;" the Baltimore beauty "Mur-mur" and "Pur-pur;" the little Canadian says "Pa-ah" and "Ma-ah;" the Alabama girl says "Porr" and "Morr;" the Brooklyn girl says "Par-pah" and "Mah-ah;" the little London girls say, "Now, po-pow-ah, you make me lowof...
...extraordinary banquet. The company were served with cutlets of lioness, a ragout of badger, a bustard and a crane stuffed with chestnuts and plums. These viands all received due attention, but it was the unanimous opinion that a crocodile steak was the piece de resistance. It appealed to the nose as well as the palate, emitting a peculiarly grateful and appetizing odor...
...boss when he comes 'long. But gosh! look at that picter of a hoss up there: he's a fine-looking critter, ain't he? Speaking of hosses, you know that old un I had last year: he was a good puller, but unsound from the end of his nose to the tip of his tail. He was spavined and hed the heaves, but I'll be blamed if I did n't sell him for a clean hunded and a watch ter boot to a city fellah who thought he was powerful cute...
...nose to the slab, and tiny hand uprear...
...mouth shows decision and determination. She's rather opinionative. There's a deal of individuality about that forehead; and I war-want that beneath that depth of dark-brown hair there are some terrific uprisings of combativeness. That nose, too, just the least bit on the ascendency, bespeaks a fond relish for logomachy; it starts up just a little as if it sniffed the air for scents of strife and combat." Thus spoke my reflective, phrenological self. But my unphrenological, my natural self, exclaimed, "By the six consumptive sons of my goodie, this girl has a pretty face! Wonderfully pretty...