September 5, 2008
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definition: attendant, suitor of a lady; a man who attends excessively to dress, etiquette, etc.; a fop; a dandy see also: the beau monde, the fashionable world; the beau idéal, the ideal beauty, beautifulness as an abstract ideal; the sense … Weiterlesen
August 4, 2008
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There is in such a character nothing of true dignity; nothing that commands respect, or insures even a decent standing in the community. There is a mark upon him, an affected elegance of manner, a studied particularity of dress, and … Weiterlesen
August 3, 2008
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Edward, alone, reading. Enter Harry, with an important air. Harry: HOW are you, Ned? Edward: What, is it you, brother Harry? Were it not for the small part of your face, that appears between your fore-top and your cravat, I … Weiterlesen
August 2, 2008
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Dress is one of the various ingredients that contribute to the art of pleasing, and, therefore, an object of some attention; for we cannot help forming some opinion of a man’s sense and character from his dress. All affectation in … Weiterlesen
Juli 31, 2008
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A person offensive to society by an unnatural over-delicate appearance or manner; disgusting from an exaggerated refinement in dress; from affected niceness; an effeminate man. Er foey’p; q. e. fye! upon him there! Fye upon the thing I see there! … Weiterlesen
Juli 31, 2008
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Dress is a very foolish thing, and yet it is a very foolish thing for a man not to be well-dressed, according to his rank and way of life; the difference in dress between a man of sense and a … Weiterlesen
Juli 31, 2008
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Nothing is more unfeeling than a fop, nor any animal more selfish. A ball, a horserace, a new dancer, the latest fashion, interests him more than anything of real importance. The mind of a fop, regardless of what is valuable, … Weiterlesen
Juli 27, 2008
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AT ev’ry corner, and in ev’ry street, Some gaudy, useless animal we meet, Resembling men in nothing but their shape, Their truest lineage is the friskful ape; These are distinguished by the rank and name Of Well-bread gentlemen, that notice … Weiterlesen
Juli 27, 2008
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THEY tell me, Cotilus, that you’re a beau: What this is, Cotilus, I wish to know. “A beau is one who, with the nicest care, In parted locks divides his curling hair; One, who with balm and cinnamon smells sweet … Weiterlesen
Juli 26, 2008
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What thing goes there? it looks as gay As flowers that spring in rosy May; In men’s array , what sex, I wonder? It looks as of the doubtful gender. Such glitt’ring things do often please, Like small change are … Weiterlesen