September 20, 2008
von Melanie Grundmann
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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
von Melanie Grundmann
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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
von Melanie Grundmann
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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
von Melanie Grundmann
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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
September 5, 2008
von Melanie Grundmann
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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
von Melanie Grundmann
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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
von Melanie Grundmann
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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
von Melanie Grundmann
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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
von Melanie Grundmann
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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
von Melanie Grundmann
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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