 | 1794 - 544 pagine
...on his buttons, above thirty figures from Aretin, fo that every modcft woman (if there was a modelt woman in Paris) muft have been obliged to turn away...this eccentric libertine. The young men, imitated the romintic fancy of the ancient knights of chivalry, and wore on their buttons the cypher of their miftrcfs... | |
 | 1819 - 384 pagine
...most infamously obscene books, so that every modest woman (if there was a modest woman in Paris) must have been obliged to turn away from this eccentric...chivalry, and wore on their buttons the cypher of their mistress; the .Parisian wits exercised their puny talents, by forming, with the letters of the alphabet,... | |
 | 1819 - 382 pagine
...most, infamously obscene books, so that every modest woman (if there was a modest woman in Paris) must have been obliged to turn away from this eccentric...chivalry, and wore on their buttons the cypher of their mistress; the Parisian wits exercised their puny talents, by forming, with the letters of the alphabet,... | |
 | 1833 - 666 pagine
...most infamously obscene books, so that every modest woman (if there was a modest woman in Paris) must have been obliged to turn away from this eccentric...chivalry, and wore on their buttons the cypher of their mistress; the Parisian wits exercised their puny talents, by forming, with the letters of the alphabet,... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1852 - 594 pagine
...medals of the twelve Cassars ; others, antique statues ; and others, the metamorphoses of Ovid. Some young men imitated the romantic fancy of the ancient...knights of chivalry, and wore on their buttons the cipher of their mistresses ; and the Parisian wits exercised their puny talents, by forming with the... | |
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Caesars; others antique statues; and others the metamorphoses of Ovid. At the Palais Royal, a cynic was seen, who impudently wore on his buttons above thirty figures from one of the most infamously obscene books, so that every modest woman (if there was... 