Juni 28, 2010
von Melanie Grundmann
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Our Biographia Britannica is very meagre of names bearing prefatory titles of distinction, conferred, not by kings, but by common tacit consent: Fully sensible of this deficiency, we have been making out of late, for our own amusement, a list … Weiterlesen
März 21, 2009
von Melanie Grundmann
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Richard Nash, Esq., to whom the city of Bath owes so much of its present prosperity and importance, was born at Swansea, in Glamorganshire, in 1674. His father, whose principal income arose from a partnership in a glasshouse, sent him … Weiterlesen
Juli 4, 2008
von Melanie Grundmann
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All the discussion that is at present raging as to whether soldiers are to be put back into scarlet and gold instead of khaki reminds us that man is a natural dandy and only ceases to be a dandy when … Weiterlesen
Oktober 14, 2007
von Melanie Grundmann
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There are new images on the site, taken from Dion Clayton Calthrop’s English Costume. The book also contains some illustrations of dandy life: »Now, let us give the dandy of this time his pipe, and let him go in peace. … Weiterlesen
Oktober 13, 2007
von Melanie Grundmann
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Nature had by no means formed Nash for beau. His person was clumsy, large, and awkward; his features were harsh, strong, and peculiarly irregular; yet even with these disadvantages he made love, became an universal admirer of the sex, and … Weiterlesen
September 20, 2007
von Melanie Grundmann
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Wer sich mit der fashionablen Gesellschaft Englands im 19. Jahrhundert beschäftigt, wird erfreut sein, an dieser Stelle die Regeln zu finden, die Beau Nash seinem »Königreich« Bath oktroyierte. BY GENERAL CONSENT DETERMINED 1. That a Visit of Ceremony at coming … Weiterlesen