Diorama de Londres (1823)
LE CHAPITRE DES CHAPEAUX. Les hommes changent avec le temps ; chaque siècle donne aux peuples européens une physionomie particulière et différente de ce qu’elle avait été le siècle d’avant; chacun se...
View ArticleThe poor dandy
THERE is an object in nature to which scarcely any human being ever extended, or ever dreamt of extending, the smallest portion of sympathy or compassion; and yet there are a few that have,... The post...
View ArticleModern Dandies, or Neutral Tints, for 1826
“Pon honor.” Neither Cuvier, nor Goldsmith, nor any other naturalist, has mentioned in his work an animal of the dandy genus; and yet it deserves a place in the list of Dame Nature’s prolific... The...
View Articlethe fop &c
fop n Fop, dandy, beau, coxcomb, exquisite, dude, buck are comparable when denoting a man who is conspicuously fashionable or elegant in dress or manners. Fop is applied to a man who is...
View ArticleDandyism – In Reply to a Correspondent
To the Editor of the Sporting Magazine. SIR, I Read in your Number for September, a letter on dandyism, signed, A COUNTRY GENTLEMAN, and I readily agree that dandyism is a disgrace to manhood;... The...
View ArticleGnats
No insect has delighted me more than the Gnat. In my boyhood, the shrill sound of its tiny horn was sufficient to conjure up a thousand visions of elves and fairies, and even now... The post Gnats...
View ArticleDialogue between Edward and Harry
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... The...
View ArticleDandyism
For the Editor. Sir, I have for some time put been visited by unpleasant suspicions that I belonged to the unfortunate class called Dandies. Of late my apprehensions have become so strong, in...
View ArticleThe Physiology of Dandyism
By Thompson Westcott* Like auriferous deposits in common quartz, the readers of GRAHAM, the precious ore amidst duller literary encompassment, brighten the continent from Canada even to California. A...
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