Fifty years ago . ofquiet manners; the wearing of rank with unobtrusivedignity ; the possession of wealth without ostentation ;of wit without the desire to be always showing it—these are points in which we are decidedly in advanceof our fathers. There was a great deal of cuff andcollar, stock and breastpin about the young fellows ofthe day. They were oppressive in their gallantry: inpublic places they asserted themselves ; they were loudin their talk. In order to understand the young manof the day, one may study the life and career of thatgay and gallant gentleman, the Count dOrsay, modeland p
Fifty years ago . ofquiet manners; the wearing of rank with unobtrusivedignity ; the possession of wealth without ostentation ;of wit without the desire to be always showing it—these are points in which we are decidedly in advanceof our fathers. There was a great deal of cuff andcollar, stock and breastpin about the young fellows ofthe day. They were oppressive in their gallantry: inpublic places they asserted themselves ; they were loudin their talk. In order to understand the young manof the day, one may study the life and career of thatgay and gallant gentleman, the Count dOrsay, modeland paragon for all young gentlemen of his time. They were louder in their manners, and in theirconversation they were insulting, especially the were said by these gentlemen, even in a duelhngage, which would be followed in these days by a violentpersonal assault. In fact, the necessity of fighting aduel if you kicked a man seems to have been the causewhy men were constantly allowed to call each other, by.
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