...bridegroom; and his chin, new reaped, Showed like a stubble-land at harvest home.' He was perfumed like a milliner; And 'twixt his finger and his thumb...pouncet-box, which ever and anon He gave his nose, and took't away again ; — Who, therewith angry, when it next came there, Took it in snuff; 2 — and...

...Shakspeare's Henry the Fourth, affords an illustration of the sense in which this term was used. " And 'twixt his finger and his thumb he held A pouncet-box, which ever and anon He gave his nose, and took't away again;— Who therewith angry, when it next came there, Took it in snuff." Morden,—"...

...a bridegroom, and his chin new reap'd Show'd like a stubble land at harvest-home : He was perfumed like a milliner ; And twixt his finger and his thumb...and anon He gave his nose, and took 't away again ;" nor ought we to be amazed, that this made Hotspur " mad, To see him shine so brisk, and smell so...

...a bridegroom, and his chin new reap'd Show'd like a stubble land at harvest-home : He was perfumed like a milliner ; And twixt his finger and his thumb...and anon He gave his nose, and took 't away again ;" nor ought we to be amazed, that this made Hotspur " mad, To see him shine so brisk, and smell so...

...bridegroom ; and his chin, new reap'd, Show'd like a stubble-land at harvest-home ; He was perfumed like a milliner ; And 'twixt his finger and his thumb...pouncet-box,' which ever and anon He gave his nose, and took't away n?sin ; — Who, therewith angry, when it next came there, Took it in snuff:— and still...

...bridegroom, and his chin, new reap'd, Shew'd like a stubble land at harvest-home ; He was perfumed like a milliner; And 'twixt his finger and his thumb...there, Took it in snuff; — and still he smiled and talk'd ; And, as the soldiers bore dead bodies by, He call'd them — untaught knaves, unmannerly,...

...a bridegroom ; and his chin new reap'd, Shav'd like a stubble-land at harvest home. He was perfumed like a milliner ; And 'twixt his finger and his thumb he held A pouncet-box, which ever and anon . • ft He gave his nose—And still he smil'd and talk'd: ^•^••^ £•*• -* i And as the...

...'twixt his finger and his (hum he held A pouncet-box, which ever and anon He gave his nose, and took't 1 smil'd and talk'd ; And, as the soldiers bore dead bodies by, He call'd them — untaught knaves, unmannerly,...

...bridegroom, and his chin, new reap'd, Show'd like a stubble land at harvest-home ; He was perfumed like a milliner; And 'twixt his finger and his thumb...pouncet-box,* which ever and anon He gave his nose, and took't away again Who, therewith angry, when it next came there, Took it in snuff; — and still he...

...as a bridegroom; and his chin new reap'd Show'd like a stubble land at harvest home. He was perfumed like a milliner; And 'twixt his finger and his thumb,...pouncet-box, which ever and anon He gave his nose. And still he smil'd and talk'd, And, as the soldiers bare dead bodies by, He call'd them—untaught knaves,...