April 15, 2011
von Melanie Grundmann
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On l’a dit, il y a bien long-temps, on le répète même tous les jours, parce que c’est passé en forme de proverbe, et les proverbes ont une autorité qui leur a valu le titre de sagesse des nations: l’excès … Weiterlesen
Juni 27, 2010
von Melanie Grundmann
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BY MRS. POSTANS. The Parisian Dandy? Even so. The Boulevards have their vanities as well as Regent-street, and although where dress, manners, and affectations of various kinds, seem to make up the sum, end, and purpose of life with the … Weiterlesen
Januar 19, 2010
von Melanie Grundmann
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A Few years ago, a clever satire was indited by a person every way qualified for the task, entitled ‘The Man of Ton,’ professing to elucidate the mysterious nature of that remarkable animal, while exhibiting him to the microscopic scrutiny … Weiterlesen
Oktober 10, 2009
von Melanie Grundmann
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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
Februar 28, 2009
von Melanie Grundmann
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Da wir in den Darstellungen dieses Verf. ein feines und gediegenes Urtheil nicht verkennen können, so wollen wir den Leser noch einige andere Proben von beibem um so weniger vorenthalten. Die erste Schilderung betrifft das unglücklichste Geschöpf, daß fadeste und … Weiterlesen
Dezember 22, 2008
von Melanie Grundmann
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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
Dezember 6, 2008
von Melanie Grundmann
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A Bow-Street investigation lately exhibited a happy instance of the career of one of those “elegant” coxcombs who lounge through the capital in the desperate determination to be fashionables; who poison the air with their cigars, astonish the rabble by … Weiterlesen
August 10, 2008
von Melanie Grundmann
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On board the Lady Clinton, up the North River, addressed to her cousin and correspondent in Boston. DEAR Coz: , Writing, you know, in warm weather, is a most insufferable ‘bore;’ but as I promised to send you a journal … Weiterlesen
Juli 26, 2008
von Melanie Grundmann
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SlR, I HAVE been for a long while wondering that you have never lifted your pen to chastise a tribe of beings who make very pestilent inroads upon the comfort of society; namely, our village and country foplings. Probably your … Weiterlesen
Juli 6, 2008
von Melanie Grundmann
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The following extracts show the changes that have taken place in English manners and society, and may afford the “whiskered pandour” of our own day an opportunity of contrasting his style of dandyism with that of the preceding generation: “Separated … Weiterlesen