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1508 J. Stanbridge Vulgaria (1932) 24 Ryght forthe on thy nose.]

c1555 Manifest Detection Diceplay sig. Bviii Who so hath not some aukerward way to helpe himself, but foloweth his nose..alwais straight forward.

1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear vii. 236 All that follow their noses, are led by their eyes, but blind men. View more context for this quotation

1664 C. Cotton Scarronides 60 There lies your way, follow your Nose.

1692 R. Bentley Boyle Lect. ii. 34 The main Maxim of his Philosophy was, To trust to his Senses, and follow his Nose.

1742 H. Fielding Joseph Andrews I. ii. ii. 143 Adams asked him, if he could direct him to an Alehouse. The Fellow..bid him follow his Nose . View more context for this quotation

1773 R. Graves Spiritual Quixote II. v. i. 1 When the two pilgrims were now come into the suburbs of Bath, Tugwell very civilly enquired which was the Bristol road. ‘Follow your nose, and your a——se will tag after,’ says a taylor's 'prentice.

1823 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto VIII xxxii. 127 Juan, following honour and his nose.

1890 J. B. Buckstone Flowers of Forest II. iv. 13 When I get to the top o' the great stairs, I must follow my nose till I turn again to the left.

1969 S. Heaney Bait in Door into Dark (1972) 28 Lamps dawdle in the field at midnight. Three men follow their nose in the grass.

1991 R. Ferguson Henry Miller v. 98 It was the freedom of the truant school boy, of the dog following its nose, not the elaborate philosophical freedom of the intellectual.