Vorletzter Weltgang von Semilasso (Pückler-Muskau)
Art. I., 1. Vorletzter Weltgang von Semilasso, Traum und Wachen. Aus den Papieren des Verstorbenen. 3 Bände. Stuttgart, 1835. (Travels in Germany and France. By Prince Pückler-Muskau.) When Prince...
View ArticleDandyism of a more mischievous sort
Dandyism ? There is no King George the Fourth now (more’s the pity!) to set the dandy fashion; there are no clear-starched jack-towel neckcloths, no short-waisted coats, no false calves, no stays....
View ArticleA Chinese Dandy
The following description of a Chinese exquisite, is from a new work on China, by P. Dobel, formerly Russian Consul to China, and a resident in that country for seven years: – “His dress... The post A...
View ArticleA Chinese Dandy
Many of our readers may like to see a Chinese dandy; and here is a clever portrait of one, which may convince them that barbarism is tolerably evenly divided between London and Pekin, and... The post A...
View ArticleThe Peripatetic
Dandies in general — Dandy Automata and their Tailors — Dandies in Wax —Grecian and Roman Dandies — French Petits-maitres and Gourmands — Duke of Cumberland’s Wig—Dandy Relics. It is a common notion,...
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...
View ArticleJournal of Sir Valentine Sleek, A Colonel in the —, and Finished Dandy.
Awoke at two, and call’d for tea,— Mem. — Pierre forgot my strict commands To fly express to Jean Dupree, For lily-water for my hands: But delicate, and soft, their touch, Although un-wash’d; —... The...
View ArticleAn Exquisite
Picture of an Exquisite, alias a Dandy, in distress. Walking along the side of one of the squares last week, it was my fate to follow an exquisite – stocked and stayed, laced and... The post An...
View ArticleTiger and Tigerism
(From the New Monthly Magazine) A TIGER, then, be it known, is by no means to be interpreted as signifying one of those inhabitants of the parish of Marylebone, which are located in the... The post...
View ArticleExquisites: The Genus ‘Bore.’
BY THE AUTHOR OF ‘EDITING AND OTHER MATTERS,’ ‘JOHN JENKINS,’ ETC. ‘Some say there’s nothing made in vain, While others the reverse maintain, And prove it very handy, By citing animals like these:...
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