Juli 24, 2008
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FABLE IV. The folly of passing a hasty and derogatory judgement upon the noxious animals of the creation. ALL wise philosophers maintain Nature created nought in vain. Yet some with supercilious brow, Deny the truth asserted now. What if I … Weiterlesen
Juli 19, 2008
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MR. EDITOR, For the benefit of a few of our Townsmen, I take the liberty of enclosing you some extracts on Dandyism. Surely men should never be ambitious of the notoriety and obloquy which must ever attach to a vile … Weiterlesen
Juli 2, 2008
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“Nemo repente fuit dandissimus.” ТHE transformation of the chrysalis into the butterfly is not more complete or surprising than that of the slovenly schoolboy into the finished civil, academic, or military dandy. The last metamorphosis is, however, more gradual than … Weiterlesen
Juni 12, 2008
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The generality of educated foreigners have but one way of characterizing the state of musical talent and taste in England. Our author forms no exception to the prevailing disparagement on this point. He says, that this country is the farthest … Weiterlesen
Mai 22, 2008
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Mr. Heneage was of the rising order of dull dandies: he had just sufficient volition to choose his calling, and sufficient energy to iron the cravat that indicated it: he spoke little, because he had nothing to say, and would … Weiterlesen
Mai 15, 2008
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—-a tribe of fops, Got ‘tween sleep and wake! Shakspeare. PEDIGREE OF A DANDY, FOR 1820. The Dandy was got by Variety out of Affectation, his Dam; Petit-Maitre, or Maccaroni, his Grand-dam; Fribble, his Great-Grand-dam; Bronze, his Great-Great-Grand-dam; Coxcomb and … Weiterlesen
Mai 8, 2008
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an effeminate coxcomb; seems, er d’hanne dije; q. e. there the effeminate man is in perfection; here we see a complete specimen (exemplification) of a womanish man; of habits natural to the female, but unnatural to the male, and therefore … Weiterlesen
Mai 4, 2008
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But Sir Paul Snarl is of the offensive species, the wasp dandy to the drone dandy. He is a cleverish man: he has read books and can quote dates, if need be, to spoil a good joke by proving an … Weiterlesen
Mai 3, 2008
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fop n Fop, dandy, beau, coxcomb, exquisite, dude, buck are comparable when denoting a man who is conspicuously fashionable or elegant in dress or manners. Fop is applied to a man who is preposterously concerned with fashionableness, elegance and refinement … Weiterlesen
April 20, 2008
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I am not quite certain that Scotland can produce a single specimen of the genuine Dandy. In fact, the term here appears to me to be both imperfectly understood and very grievously misapplied. Were I to divine the meaning of … Weiterlesen