Oscar Wilde Discovers America [1882] |
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... knee breeches had been in cartoons prior to Wilde's arrival upon the London scene . Some scrutinizers of the young poet's career thought he was taking to America what he had occasionally worn in London , others thought he was adopting ...
... knee breeches had been in cartoons prior to Wilde's arrival upon the London scene . Some scrutinizers of the young poet's career thought he was taking to America what he had occasionally worn in London , others thought he was adopting ...
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... knee breeches . They are , instead , " black cylindrical ones . " He has on a dress coat , a white corded vest cut low , a wide low collar and a loose , drooping tie - more like an ordinary lecturer than like the Oscar of the cartoons ...
... knee breeches . They are , instead , " black cylindrical ones . " He has on a dress coat , a white corded vest cut low , a wide low collar and a loose , drooping tie - more like an ordinary lecturer than like the Oscar of the cartoons ...
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... knee breeches . " When a man is going to walk , or row , or per- form feats which require a display of strength and muscle , the trousers are done away with and knee breeches are worn . " He was candid about his failure as an ...
... knee breeches . " When a man is going to walk , or row , or per- form feats which require a display of strength and muscle , the trousers are done away with and knee breeches are worn . " He was candid about his failure as an ...
Contents
BOOK ONE THE AESTHETES 1 A Most Intense Young Man | 3 |
Advance Poster for Patience | 17 |
Nothing to Declare But My Genius | 31 |
Copyright | |
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