----Here are two senses, cried _Eugenius_, as we walk'd along, pointing with the forefinger of his right hand to the word _Crevice_, in the one hundred and seventy-eighth page of the first volume of this book of books; ------here are two senses--quoth he --And here are two roads, replied I, turning short upon him----a dirty and a clean one----which shall we take? --The clean, by all means, replied _Eugenius_. _Eugenius_, said I, stepping before him, and laying my hand upon his breast----to define--is to distrust. ----Thus I triumph'd over _Eugenius_; but I triumph'd over him as I always do, like a fool. ----'Tis my comfort, however, I am not an obstinate one: therefore
I define a nose as follows--intreating only beforehand, and beseeching my readers, both male and female, of what age, complexion, and condition soever, for the love of God and their own souls, to guard against the temptations and suggestions of the devil, and suffer him by no art or wile to put any other ideas into their minds, than what I put into my definition --For by the word _Nose_, throughout all this long chapter of noses, and in every other part of my work, where the word _Nose_ occurs --I declare, by that word I mean a nose, and nothing more, or less.
'Here are two meanings,' cried Eugenius, pointing with his forefinger at the word Crevice, in the one hundred and seventy-eighth page of the first volume of this book.
'And here are two roads,' replied I, 'a dirty and a clean one - which shall we take?'
'The clean,' replied Eugenius.
'Eugenius', said I, stepping before him, 'to define is to distrust.' Thus I triumphed over Eugenius; but I triumphed over him like a fool. However, I am not an obstinate one: therefore-
I define a nose as follows - only beseeching my readers, both male and female, for the love of God to guard against the suggestions of the devil, and not to allow him to put any other ideas into their minds, than this.
For by the word Nose, throughout all this long chapter of noses, and in every other part of my work, where the word Nose occurs - I declare, by that word I mean a nose, and nothing more, or less.