November 28, 2009
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On entering Grignon’s a few weeks ago, I was surprised by the very novel spectacle of the ‘Carte en deuil.’ I looked eagerly round the room for some one to solve this enigma, when I espied, in a corner, reading … Weiterlesen
November 19, 2009
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IMPROVEMENT OF THE METROPOLIS. When once a giant invests himself in his sevenleagued boots, it is impossible to speculate conerning the extent of his line of march. A few years ago, people used to talk of Regent street like the … Weiterlesen
November 13, 2009
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In this age of steam and voyageurs, when every parvenu makes the grand tour, and lawyers’ clerks learn to criticise Athens and the Vatican, the Chevalier d’Industrie is a character of too much importance not to be generally known and … Weiterlesen
November 10, 2009
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A foreign correspondent favours us with the following particulars relative to the above celebrated personage :, ‘The Prince is now forty-five years of age. He is a member of one of the first families in Germany ; for the Counts … Weiterlesen
November 8, 2009
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Almack’s has for years maintained the sovereignty in the world of fashion; no rival has ever been able to subvert its power, or even to claim the enjoyment of a divided empire. Our readers are aware that Almack’s is a … Weiterlesen
November 2, 2009
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The kingdom of the roués has been taken from them; and we do not suppose that there was ever a moment at which libertinism was so much below par in the great world as at the commencement of the year … Weiterlesen
November 1, 2009
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‘Qui refute, muse !’ says a French adage. I do not remember ever refusing anything, except the Consulship of Sierra-Leone, and a proffered journey in my friend Archdeacon P.’s carriage, which was going down to Yorkshire at the tail of … Weiterlesen