
“And hold one another's noses to the grindstone hard.”
Section 1, member 3.
The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621), Part III
Parental Ode to my infant Son; reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
20th century
“And hold one another's noses to the grindstone hard.”
Section 1, member 3.
The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621), Part III
“He would not, with a peremptory tone,
Assert the nose upon his face his own.”
Source: Conversation (1782), Line 121.
How Pleasant to Know Mr. Lear, st. 2.