August 26, 2012
von Melanie Grundmann
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(From the New Monthly Magazine) A TIGER, then, be it known, is by no means to be interpreted as signifying one of those inhabitants of the parish of Marylebone, which are located in the Zoological Gardens, but simply a variety … Weiterlesen
August 20, 2012
von Melanie Grundmann
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WITH the beams of your approbation playing round my head, I feel encouraged to resume the brush, and make a bold exertion to give the finishing touches to the portrait of Lewis Q. Z. Bubble. But here I must pause … Weiterlesen
August 20, 2012
von Melanie Grundmann
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As soon as it abroad was known, That Jonah was from service gone, A pert young coxcomb, proud and vain, Thought he could now her hand obtain; A dandy youth he was, whose mien, Could scarcely for shirt neck be … Weiterlesen
August 11, 2012
von Melanie Grundmann
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Saturday, as one of those straitlaced, stiffnecked things, known under the appellation of Dandies, was fluttering down Sackville street, Dublin, and at the same time ogling a fair Dandy, who was tripping along on the light fantastick toe, a great … Weiterlesen
August 11, 2012
von Melanie Grundmann
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A West Indian dandy (not Bond Street alone Can claim the dear exquisite thing as its own) Stood fix’d by the glass, while the new suit displays All its charms of stiff collars, short waists, and tight stays.— , “Don’t … Weiterlesen
August 11, 2012
von Melanie Grundmann
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A dandy’s captivating mien, An heiress led to Gretna Green; She, in a riding habit drest, A beaver hat, a sombre vest, And somewhat carelessly arrayed, The hurry of her jaunt betrayed; While he, in stays was tightly laced, With … Weiterlesen
August 11, 2012
von Melanie Grundmann
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Air – “Yankee doodle.” Crops like hedgehogs, small queer hats, Whiskers like Jew Moses; Collars padded, stiff cravats, And cheeks as red as roses. Faces painted deepest brown, Waistcoats striped and gaudy, Stuffed just like a goose, you’ll own, And … Weiterlesen
August 6, 2012
von Melanie Grundmann
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Air – “Quite politely.” – (Moncrieff.) If in London town you’d live, Quite politely, quite politely, Let me, sir, this lesson give, And be complete a beau, sir: – Cossacks you like sacks must wear, In a brutus cock your … Weiterlesen
August 4, 2012
von Melanie Grundmann
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To the Editor of the Theatrical Inquisitor. Sir, The insertion which you so generously gave in your last Number, to a letter somewhat in favour of the mal-treated race of mortals above named, has encouraged me to address to you, … Weiterlesen
August 4, 2012
von Melanie Grundmann
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Mr. Editor, Perhaps you will hardly consider the above question worthy of occupying the pages of your valuable miscellany; but really one hears so much about a race of beings designated by that term, and so many various descriptions are … Weiterlesen