Februar 4, 2012
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Saint-Evremond hatte sich für die Laufbahn eines honnête homme entschieden, ein Ideal, das zu seinen Tagen anfing, die aristokratischen Salons zu erobern. Man verstand darunter eine kleine Elite von »personnes de bon sens«, die das Leben genießen wollten. Honnête homme … Weiterlesen
Juli 6, 2011
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Cheveux lissés et bouclés, imprégnés d’essences. Teint animé et même par fois colorié d’un peu de rouge végétal. Cravatte roide et serrée, avec ou sans nœud, selon l’heure du jour. Pantalon flottant et court pour le soir; pantalon de soie … Weiterlesen
April 26, 2009
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TAKEN FROM THE RING IN HYDE PARK. There is nothing else in nature or in art, nor even in art and nature united, that may compare with the Ring in Hyde Park on a fine Sunday at four o’clock, P.m., … Weiterlesen
Dezember 8, 2008
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Your next general observation here will refer to the class of persons who visit the establishment as customers. In England the persons who particularly interest themselves about horses, consist of three distinct classes, the individuals of each of which have … Weiterlesen
September 4, 2008
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But though the French are justly chargeable with this fault, they are exempt from another of an opposite character, but equally offensive to good taste, which now seems fairly to have become the vice of English society, and is finding … Weiterlesen
September 1, 2008
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Another of this illustrious junto is Billy Bachelor, an old unmarried petit-maitre. Billy is a courtier of ancient standing; he abounds in anecdotes not of the freshest date, nor altogether of the most interesting sort; for he will tell you … Weiterlesen
September 1, 2008
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We will add an amusing description of a petit maitre of the time of Elizabeth , the models of our old dramatists being only nominally natives of a foreign country. “I wonder where that neat spruce slave becomes; I think … Weiterlesen
August 31, 2008
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A Swedish petit maître is an animal that holds a middle station between beings of that kind in Germany and those in France. He is a fool, as in all countries. He spends the whole day in changing his clothes, … Weiterlesen
August 24, 2008
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definition: a fop. The term arose before the Revolution, when a great dignitary was styled a grand-maître, and a pretentious one a petit-maître. source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. (1898) definition: a précédé les incroyables du Directoire, les dandys et … Weiterlesen
August 23, 2008
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PETIT-MAITRE, (Langue française.) nom qu’on a donné à la jeunesse ivre de l’amour de soi-même, avantageuse dans ses propos, affectée dans ses manières, et recherchée dans son ajustement. Quelqu’un a défini le petit-maître, un insecte léger qui brille dans sa … Weiterlesen