Februar 15, 2009
von Melanie Grundmann
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Dem läßt der Verf. sein Recht nicht widerfahren. Er bezeichnet “gesellige Indifferenz” als einen Hauptzug. Aber jene Selbstbeherrschung , die keinen Affen zur Unzeit und keine Reizung über das Gleichmaß hervortreten läßt; jene Sicherheit und Würde bei rücksichtsvollem und aufmerksamem … Weiterlesen
Juli 12, 2008
von Melanie Grundmann
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XII. Avoid all excess in your costume. A gentleman will never caricature his person like a singe fop in modern farce. A wealthy man can afford to appear plain and neat , a poor man sometimes is compelled to dress … Weiterlesen
Juli 10, 2008
von Melanie Grundmann
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Our fair friends have really cause to complain of the gentlemen, for the adoption by them of their own peculiar and appropriate articles of dress. We did not think that dandyism had progressed so far as to abstract the veils … Weiterlesen
März 23, 2008
von Melanie Grundmann
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by the modern Dilworth Q. Are you a gentleman ? A. I am. Q. By what signs do you know that you are a gentleman ? A. I have nothing to do, go to Almack’s, and eat olives after dinner. … Weiterlesen
Dezember 10, 2007
von Melanie Grundmann
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Somewhere in the back of every man’s mind there dwells a strange wistful desire to be thought a Perfect Gentleman. And this is much to his credit, for the Perfect Gentleman, as thus wistfully contemplated, is a high ideal of … Weiterlesen
August 26, 2007
von Melanie Grundmann
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The dandy is to a great extent defined by the English concept of the gentleman. The Tatler, on May 26, 1709, informs about this specimen of the human race. »A GENTLEMAN has writ to me out of the country a … Weiterlesen