Oktober 11, 2010
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Dandyism ? There is no King George the Fourth now (more’s the pity!) to set the dandy fashion; there are no clear-starched jack-towel neckcloths, no short-waisted coats, no false calves, no stays. There are no caricatures, now, of effeminate Exquisites … Weiterlesen
Mai 6, 2010
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Art. I., 1. Vorletzter Weltgang von Semilasso, Traum und Wachen. Aus den Papieren des Verstorbenen. 3 Bände. Stuttgart, 1835. (Travels in Germany and France. By Prince Pückler-Muskau.) When Prince Puckler-Muskau published bis celebrated Tour, which, as our readers will recollect, … Weiterlesen
Februar 7, 2010
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… Alter French people into French women in the first sentence of this paragraph, and we may admit the plausibility of the claim ; but Frenchmen dress very badly, and never by any chance appear easy in their clothes. Johnson … Weiterlesen
Oktober 10, 2009
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National sports and pastimes may be said to arise out of circumstances of climate and government; just as certain plants and trees are indigenous to the soil. Few of them will bear transplantation to other latitudes. The Montagnet Busses, so … Weiterlesen
September 14, 2009
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There is a noble German ballad, written (if we remember rightly}- by a certain Von Zedlitz (Powder), which describes, with all the weird imagination of a Doré, how at the twelfth hour of the night a little ghostly drummer once … 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 7, 2009
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At Canton, during the summer months, the thermometer varies from 82° to 92°. There is but little frost in winter, and not much rain. The streets are only made for foot passengers. The mandarins ride in sedan-chairs of large size, … Weiterlesen
Dezember 22, 2008
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It is amusing to walk down Regent street in the height of the London season, and see the changes that each year produces in the costume of the promenaders; to speculate on the impression the fashions of the day would … Weiterlesen
August 7, 2008
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MR. EDITOR, A FEW nights ago, being in company where the character of exquisites (of whom I myself am one) was very roughly handled, I determined on begging the favour of your publishing a few words in its defence. Our … Weiterlesen
Juli 17, 2008
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A quatre épingles. (Fr.) , “With four pins.” A man whose dress is distinguished by an affectation of superior dandyism, is said to be mis à quatre épingles, or, tiré à quatre épingles, or as the English say, just come … Weiterlesen