Juni 21, 2010
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Dandies and fops have always been ephemeral productions, and the former are now extinct, or sobered down into gentlemanly, well-dressed men. Within the last ten years, we have had some stars of considerable lustre in each department, but few survive … Weiterlesen
April 26, 2009
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TAKEN FROM THE RING IN HYDE PARK. There is nothing else in nature or in art, nor even in art and nature united, that may compare with the Ring in Hyde Park on a fine Sunday at four o’clock, P.m., … Weiterlesen
Februar 24, 2009
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(Schluß.) Der Fürst im Modenreiche ist gegenwärtig unstreitig, und schon seit mehreren Jahren, Graf d’Orsay. Sein Ruhm ist über alle Anfechtung erhaben; schon ehe er nach London kam, hatte er seine Proben an den Höfen von ganz Europa mit Glanz … Weiterlesen
August 14, 2008
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Thomas Duncombe was »one whose fame had reached through all classes as a distinguished supporter of the gaming house, the brothel and every haunt of vice« (Frasers Magazine, September 1834). The former Regency buck even figured as the hero of … Weiterlesen