April 20, 2008
von Melanie Grundmann
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The Christmas pantomime, produced on Saturday the 26th of December, at this theatre was, not to exaggerate, the very worst of its kind we ever saw; and the managers were compelled to withdraw it after three or four nights, and … Weiterlesen
April 20, 2008
von Melanie Grundmann
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Das Café Tortoni in der rue Taitbout, Paris, war Treffpunkt der Dandys und der fashionablen Gesellschaft. Die Zeitschrift La Mode schrieb am 25. Juli 1843: »C’est vainement que la concurrence cherche à enlever la foule élégante qui remplit chaque soir … Weiterlesen
April 20, 2008
von Melanie Grundmann
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Some say there’s nothing made in vain, While others the reverse maintain, And prove it very handy, By citing animals like these , Musquetoes, bed-bugs, crickets, fleas, And, worse than all , a DANDY ! But Nature never made the … Weiterlesen
April 19, 2008
von Melanie Grundmann
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Air, ” What’s a Woman like.” A DANDY is like, who can say What a Dandy is like, who can say, For London is nothing without one : A monkey you spy When a Dandy you eye, Jump, jump, always … Weiterlesen
April 19, 2008
von Melanie Grundmann
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Air, ” Bang up in the City.” WHEN first I enter’d life’s gay path, I laugh’d at fashion’s faces ; The beaux appear’d like dress’d up belles. The belles, any thing but graces ; But when I found, to please … Weiterlesen
April 19, 2008
von Melanie Grundmann
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A youth of follies, an old age of cares : Young, yet enervate ; old, yet never wise ; Vice wastes their vigour, and their mind impairs., Lowth. MANY are the men whose lives are made up of such trifles, … Weiterlesen
April 19, 2008
von Melanie Grundmann
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I CANNOT better exemplify the truth of the above lines, or more pointedly prove that what is a pillow of thorns to one is a bed of roses to another, than by copying literally a letter of a young relation, … Weiterlesen
April 19, 2008
von Melanie Grundmann
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AT a numerous meeting, held at the Shrimp and Tweezers, Simon Staylove, Exquisite, in the chair, it was unanimously resolved , That no member drink a stronger potation than lemonade, out of a wine-glass , not exceeding two. That our … Weiterlesen
April 18, 2008
von Melanie Grundmann
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SEE him, with his dumb watch, made for showy suspended to a gilt chain, of the value of twelve and a half cents, descending gracefully from his neck, over his bosom, to his vest pocket, where it is gracefully deposited! … Weiterlesen
April 18, 2008
von Melanie Grundmann
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The Guardian announces the return of the dandy with Antony Price‘s designs for the movie Flashbacks of a fool, starring Daniel Craig. In the 70s and 80s, Antony Price appeared flamboyant »like a Regency beau«. »He created that military, dandy, … Weiterlesen