Chronicles of fashion : from the time of Elizabeth to the early part of the nineteenth century, in manners, amusements, banquets, costume, etc. . ND BEAU NASH. While at St. Jamess Walpoles wisdom flowsAt Bath alike great Nash his genius one unrivald, long has steerd the state,The other long has here triumphant sate,This commonwealth of pleasure ruld, the despotick, all his candour , belles, and bishops—nay, the judge, and his decisive nod at once submit:Not the red ribbon more respect can claim,Than the white hat of everlasting balls, the pump, parade
Chronicles of fashion : from the time of Elizabeth to the early part of the nineteenth century, in manners, amusements, banquets, costume, etc. . ND BEAU NASH. While at St. Jamess Walpoles wisdom flowsAt Bath alike great Nash his genius one unrivald, long has steerd the state,The other long has here triumphant sate,This commonwealth of pleasure ruld, the despotick, all his candour , belles, and bishops—nay, the judge, and his decisive nod at once submit:Not the red ribbon more respect can claim,Than the white hat of everlasting balls, the pump, parade, or at the sex, all ages, ready homage pay;A bow, a smile, a whisper, or a turns employd, does every heart command. But whom have we here ? Who is this ? Rightregally he approaches, right royal is he in his ap-pointments. His six spanking greys whirl his cha-riot along in dashing style, Curriculo pulverem OlympicumCollegisse juvat. How animated look his train, his outriders, andthe fellows clustered leg and wing behind his car-riage ! How enlivening the music of the bandwhich accompanies him ; how brilliant the tone of. AlU MAS London,Published ty Hiohard Benfley. ISi BATH AND BEAU NASH. 305 those horns, which startle the air with theirclangour. How the people stop on every side togaze on the cortege as it passes! How the sickpoor, creeping homeward to the hospital, clasp theirhands and utter benedictions on him by whoseexertions it was raised! How others, ladies andgentlemen of all degrees, offer him courteoushomage, which he as courteously now another carriage meets his, and its occu-pant—a Prince of the blood, byr Lady !—pulls hischeck-strinOf and thus invites to conference. Aftera few moments conversation, the hats are raisedfrom the heads, (not, reader, the heads taken out ofthe hats,) the Prince of Wales proceeds, and thenthe horns re-awaken their clamour, the postillionscrack their whips, the fiery greys spank onwards,and in this
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