10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FOPPERY»
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foppery in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
foppery and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Critic: A Weekly Review of Literature, Fine Arts, and ...
56 0 Foppery - 53 0 Mr. Friske.—' Bee St. Patrick, how unlucky !' The wink was
now given to Friske to cut Lord Hulsc out. His lordship, of course, then lost part
hack. Captain Welldone then was hanker, hut cut out at once hy Lord Hulse, and
he ...
G. Foppery. — ' Yes, it's pretty good. Would you like some ? ' " Sophia. — ' I'm a
little hungry, my dear, I don't care if I do. What a delicious scent you have ! O ! you
arc such a nice fellow. What is it o'clock my dear ? ' " Hon. G. Foppery, taking out
...
John Scott, John Taylor, 1828
3
Acting and Actors: Elocution and Elocutionists; a Book about ...
Mr. Warde puts the chief stress on shallow, while Mr. Barrett puts it on foppery. Mr
. Warde, then, thinks that Shylock does not object to the sound of foppery,
provided it be not shallow, while Mr. Barrett thinks that Shylock objects specially
to the ...
" Sophia.*—' Do you like your lobster, my dear ? ' " Hon. G. Foppery.-*-' Yes, it's
pretty good. Would you like some ? ' " Sophia. — ' I'm a little hungry, my dear, I
don't care if I do. What a delicious scent you have ! O ! you are such a nice fellow.
5
Equivocal Beings: Politics, Gender, and Sentimentality in ...
Upon reading this section in proofs, months before its publication, Sir Philip
Francis urged Burke to reconsider: "All that you say of the Queen," he warned, "is
pure foppery. If she be a perfect female character you ought to take your ground ...
6
Once More Unto the Speech, Dear Friends: The tragedies
11/ Bastard This is the excellent foppery of the world, 1.2.118-137 Background:
This is Edmund's response to Gloucester's explanation for the strangeness of
current events (speech #10 above). Style: solo Where: unspecified, but probably
...
William Shakespeare, Neil Freeman, 2006
7
Crockford's: Or, Life in the West
G. Foppery.—" I '11 take (hiccup) your .£400. (hiccup) to one." Cantwell.— " It's
fifty more than I have yet given, but I'll bet you, sir, in the hope that I shall make a
better bet with you another time." Hon. G. Foppery, (hiccup). — " Done, sir, done.
8
Crockford's : Or Life in the West: Dedicated by Permission ...
Dedicated by Permission to the Right Hon. Robert Peel Henry Luttrell. up my
book upon that race ; however, I don't mind going a little farther. You shall have
the same bet, sir, if you like." Hon. G. Foppery. — " I '11 take (hiccup) your £400.
9
The Century dictionary and cyclopedia: a work of universal ...
But I shall discover to ye, readers, that this his praising of them is as full of
nonsense and scholastic foppery as his meaning he himself discovers to be full
of close malignity. Milton, Apology for Smectymnuus. The design spreads, till at
last true ...
William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, 1906
10
A Dictionary of Thoughts
FOPPERY.-(8ee "Coxcomb.") Foppery is the egotism of clothes. — Victor Hugo.
Foppery is never cured ; it is of the bad stamina of the mind, which, like those of
the body, are never rectified.— Once a coxcomh, always a coxcomb. — Johnson.
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FOPPERY»
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foppery is used in the context of the following news items.
She Stoops to Conquer, Theatre Royal Bath, review: 'delightful …
Instead of fusty wigs and foppery, we get a world of plus-fours, gramophones and Charlestons with Union Jack bunting and stag heads on the ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
Sleaford Mods, Key Markets - album review: Pulsing beats and bitter …
I'm reminded of Thatcher's Loadsamoney Eighties, when new romantic foppery disguised the harshness of dead-end, dole-queue Britain – a ... «The Independent, Jul 15»
Governor Markell Signs Delaware Marijuana Decriminalization Bill …
These reprehensible bastards will never quit trying to impose their specious reasoning & faith fomented foppery on their far more intelligent ... «The Weed Blog, Jun 15»
Expert faults 'checklist psychiatry' for modern-day ills
You lead with Shakespeare's King Lear saying mental illness is “the excellent foppery of the world, that when we are sick in fortune, we [blame] ... «Dallas Morning News, Jun 15»
DJ Daedelus, of the inventive sounds and Victorian threads, in Dubai
When you take to a stage, I really feel like it's pretty hollow ground, you want to do it justice – the frockery or foppery is making a difference ... «The National, Jun 15»
Much ado about science
In King Lear, Shakespeare makes Edmund say, “This is the excellent foppery of the world, that,/when we are sick in fortune,— often the ... «The Hindu, May 15»
See R2&D2 Reimagined As Oscar The Grouch, Wilson the …
Sure, C-3P0 is fine and everyone general approves of his copper-plated fanciful foppery. R2-D2, on the other hand, is beloved by all, which is ... «Co.Create, Apr 15»
Principles of constitutionalism: virtue as the basis of good government
... and frugality, become the objects of ridicule and scorn, and vanity, luxury, foppery, selfishness, meanness, and downright venality swallow up ... «RenewAmerica, Jan 15»
How the Battle of New Orleans Birthed the American Character
... yeoman, servants, day laborers, and other rough-hewn, Westernizing folk who viewed the East Coast as a bastion of aristocratic foppery. «The New Yorker, Jan 15»
Jeremy Thorpe by Michael Bloch, review: 'long-suppressed, and …
At Eton and Oxford he indulged in high-spirited japes and Edwardian foppery. His ruthless ambition to be Prime Minister was formed in youth, ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Dec 14»
