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Hoary whiskers and a forky beard.— POPE — Rape of the Lock. Canto III. L. 37.

Ere on thy chin the springing beard began To spread a doubtful down, and promise man.— PRIOR — An Ode to the Memory of the

Honourable Colonel George Villiers. L. 5. And his chin new reap'd, Show'd like a stubble-land at harvest-home.— Shakespeare — Henry IV. Pt. I. Act I. Sc. 3. L. 34.

I must to the barber's; *** for methinks I am marvellous hairy about the face. Midsummer-Night's Dream. Act IV. Sc. 1. L. 23. Our courteous Antony, * * * * * * Being barber'd ten times o'er, goes to the feast.— Shakespeare — Antony and Cleopatra. Act II. Sc. 2. L. 227.

The barber's man hath been seen with him, and the old ornament of his cheek hath already stuffed tennis-balls. Much Ado About Nothing. Act III. Sc. 2. L. 45. What a beard hast thou got! thou hast got more hair on thy chin than Dobbin my fillhorse has on his tail.— Shakespeare — Merchant of Venice. Act II. Sc. 2. L. 99.

Whose beard they have sing'd off with brands of fire; And ever, as it blaz'd, they threw on him Great pails of puddled mire to quench the hair: My master preaches patience to him and the while His man with scissors nicks him like a fool.— Shakespeare — Comedy of Errors. Act V. Sc. 1. L. 171.

A Fellow in a market town, Most musical, cried Razors up and down.— JOHN WOLCOTT — Farewell Odes. Ode 3.

Umbrella-Making. And like umbrellas, with their feathers Shield you in all sorts of weathers.— MICHAEL DRAYTON — Davis.

Good housewives all the winter's rage despise, Defended by the riding-hood's disguise; Or, underneath the umbrella's oily shade, Safe through the wet on clinking pattens tread, Let Persian dames the umbrella's ribs display, To guard their beauties from the sunny ray; Or sweating slaves support the shady load, When eastern monarchs show their state abroad; Britain in winter only knows its aid, To guard from chilling showers the walking maid.— GAY — Trivia. Bk. I. L. 209.