The Wits and Beaux of Society
by Mrs. A. T. Thomson
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About this eBook
- Author
- Wharton, Philip, 1834-1860
- Title
- The Wits and Beaux of Society. Volume 1
- Credits
- Produced by Bill Tozier, Barbara Tozier, Patricia A. Benoy and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- DA: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Great Britain, Ireland, Central Europe
- Subject
- Socialites -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 18020
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/18020
- Release Date
- March 19, 2006
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.THE WITS AND BEAUX OF SOCIETY — BY
- 2.GRACE AND PHILIP WHARTON — New Edition with a Preface — BY — JUSTIN HUNTLY McCARTHY, M. P. — And the original illustrations by — H. K. BROWNE AND JAMES GODWIN — TWO VOLS.—VOL. I. — New York WORTHINGTON CO., 747 BROADWAY 1890
- 3.DEDICATION.
- 4.CONTENTS.
- 5.SUBJECTS OF THE ILLUSTRATIONS — Volume I.
- 6.PREFACE.
- 7.PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION.
- 8.PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION. — THE WITS AND BEAUX OF SOCIETY.
- 9.GEORGE VILLIERS, SECOND DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM.
- 10.COUNT DE GRAMMONT, ST. EVREMOND, AND LORD ROCHESTER.
- 11.BEAU FIELDING.
- 12.OF CERTAIN CLUBS AND CLUB-WITS UNDER ANNE.
- 13.WILLIAM CONGREVE.
- 14.BEAU NASH.
- 15.PHILIP, DUKE OF WHARTON.
- 16.LORD HERVEY. — ACT I.
- 17.PHILIP DORMER STANHOPE, FOURTH EARL OF CHESTERFIELD.
- 18.THE ABBÉ SCARRON.
- 19.FRANÇOIS DUC DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULT AND THE DUC DE SAINT-SIMON.
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