Not every man can make a coxcomb; yet there are coxcombs in all states and ranks of life: they are most noticed in high life, because every thing is most noticed there, but they no less exist in lower stations, … Weiterlesen →

Bath. My dear little Boy, IF there is a lawful and proper object of raillery, it seems to be a coxcomb, as an usurper of the common rights of mankind: but here some precautions are necessary. Some wit, and great … Weiterlesen →

FOR THE LADIES? LITERARY CABINET. DEBATES FOR THE LADIES. QUERY. , Which is most disgusting to a woman of sense, a coxcomb, a sot, or an illiterate clown? Capt. Rattle. , It appears to me, gentlemen, that the question now … Weiterlesen →

THAT man must daily wiser grow, Whose search is bent himself to know; Impartially he weighs his scope, And on firm reason founds his hope; He tries his strength before the race, And never seeks his own disgrace; He knows … Weiterlesen →

To determine the cut of a coat He is known to excel , after that He never indulges a thought, Save how he shall tie his cravat. There’s nothing beyond to expect From such a fair form-loving elf, Who causes … Weiterlesen →