Februar 4, 2012
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The Crees are a pretty and pleasing tribe about three thousand strong, living in the country northwest of the Yellowstone and into the British possessions, where they commonly trade. The Crees are small in stature but of wonderful prowess for … Weiterlesen
Januar 23, 2012
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At the outset of the Intellectual Life, perhaps it may be as well to guard the young aspirant to the portals of Knowledge against a very common deformity beheld there, the Intellectual Dandy; the spirit of the Fop is not … 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
Februar 7, 2009
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At Canton, during the summer months, the thermometer varies from 82° to 92°. There is but little frost in winter, and not much rain. The streets are only made for foot passengers. The mandarins ride in sedan-chairs of large size, … Weiterlesen
November 6, 2008
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A libertine, my dear cousin, a plotting, an intriguing libertine, must be generally remorseless , Unjust he must always be. The noble rule of doing to others what he would have done to himself, is the first rule he breaks; … Weiterlesen
Oktober 29, 2008
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CES trois expressions désignent des personnes dominées par l’amour du plaisir, mais servent à distinguer leurs différentes manières de jouir. Le libertin a particulièrement pour objet la jouissance des plaisirs de l’amour, et suivant la vivacité de son imagination, l’ardeur … Weiterlesen
Oktober 27, 2008
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Le débauché est celui qui fait une débauche; une débauche est un excès: on ne peut pas faire des excès tous les jours. Le débauché a le temps de remplir ses devoirs; et après avoir été toute la journée dans … Weiterlesen
September 5, 2008
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definition: An empty-headed, vain person. The ancient licensed jesters were so called because they wore a cock’s comb in their caps. “Coxcombs, an ever empty race, Are trumpets of their own disgrace.” source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898) ________ … Weiterlesen
September 5, 2008
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The Tatler writes about the Beau: PRIGS AND BEAUX From my own Apartment, December 5, 1709. THERE is nothing (that) gives a man a greater satisfaction than the sense of having dispatched a great deal of business, especially when it … Weiterlesen
September 5, 2008
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definition: attendant, suitor of a lady; a man who attends excessively to dress, etiquette, etc.; a fop; a dandy see also: the beau monde, the fashionable world; the beau idéal, the ideal beauty, beautifulness as an abstract ideal; the sense … Weiterlesen