Januar 23, 2012
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At the outset of the Intellectual Life, perhaps it may be as well to guard the young aspirant to the portals of Knowledge against a very common deformity beheld there, the Intellectual Dandy; the spirit of the Fop is not … Weiterlesen
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
November 1, 2009
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‘Qui refute, muse !’ says a French adage. I do not remember ever refusing anything, except the Consulship of Sierra-Leone, and a proffered journey in my friend Archdeacon P.’s carriage, which was going down to Yorkshire at the tail of … 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
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
Oktober 5, 2008
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THE caprice of fashion in this country would appear incredible to you, if you did not know me too well to suspect me either of invention or exaggeration. Every part of dress, from head to foot, undergoes such frequent changes … Weiterlesen
September 20, 2008
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WHETHER the Coxcomb be an animal confined to Europe I know not, but in every country in Christendom he is to be found with the same generic character. Pien di smorfiose grazie, E mastro assai profondo Nelle importanti inezie, Nei … Weiterlesen
September 14, 2008
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Portrait of a LEARNED COXCOMB; and the folly of boasting an ILLUSTRIOUS DESCENT where an answerable fortune is wanting. ТHere is no species of affectation that has been more exposed and ridiculed than fopperies in dress, speech, and behaviour: Plays, … Weiterlesen
September 11, 2008
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Women have been charged with having a natural inclination for coxcombs. The charge is idle, and itself a coxcombry. Let the solemn fops that make it, see if they can succeed. The truth is, that where a woman likes a … Weiterlesen
September 6, 2008
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Fop, n. a vain man, a coxcomb foppery, n. manners or dress of a fop Foppish, a. vain, gaudy, fool Foppishly, ad. in a foppish manner Foppishness, n. foppish dress Quoted from: Noah Webster: A Dictionary for Primary Schools. New … Weiterlesen