März 8, 2010
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Colburn’s Modern Novelists Pelham; or, the Adventures of a Gentleman. By E. L. Bulwer, Esq. Revised Edition, in Two Volumes. With a New Introduction and Notes. 1835. As we found occasion once before to observe, in another work, Mr Bulwer’s … 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
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
Oktober 9, 2007
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I have observed that the distinguishing trait of people accustomed to good society is a calm, imperturbable quiet, which pervades all their actions and habits, from the greatest to the least: they eat in quiet, move in quiet, live in … Weiterlesen
Oktober 9, 2007
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Pelham, the protagonist of Edward Bulwer Lytton’s so-called novel, at one point meets Russelton, who is modeled after the original dandy Beau Brummell. Mr. Russelton. At the name of the person thus introduced to me a thousand recollections crowded upon … Weiterlesen