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boys born after 1810 don’t know how to cook. all they know is Romantic poetry, consumption, dueling, massive sleeves and lie
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do something foolish to prove no one has power over you
lie like an invalid on a chaise longue, nursing yourself with delicate self-absorption
exchange looks while meeting in the drawing room
finish your novel, which has transported you through several years and many nations, only to discover a meagre afternoon has passed and you remain in your own sitting-room
have enough integrity that you cannot be bribed by money, but not so much that you cannot be bribed by flattery
be a minor Germanic prince, selected as the new king of a newly
created constitutional monarchy in Europe as the only man who pleases
Austria, Russia, Prussia and Britain
ONCE MORE the Days creep Toward the Dim and Dreary; I shall be Grateful when the Sun takes her Leave and allows me the Comfort of a Rug and a Stout Fire.
AS I HAVE BEEN INFORMED my Standing is Such that I am an “Influencer of Men”, I would like to exercise my Powers and inform you that I in Beneficial Partnership with the Society for Gentlemen Who Regularly Forget to Clean their Periwigs have designed a Series of Scented and Medicinal Powders with which a Gentleman may Quickly and Discreetly improve the Condition and Odour of his Most Cherished Hairpiece. For this Service I have been paid some
£4000, and as I have received that Amount I will Also inform you these Powders are No Different from the Ordinary Sort, save that One is scented with Bergamot and Most Pleasant.