Word: dressing
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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Before we had finished the meal the boy had asked me about my collar and my waistcoat, and as I pride myself on the modesty of my dress, these little attentions on his part did not increase my love and affection for the child. I have always admired the sound common-sense of the old gentleman who, when asked if he liked children, said he was very fond of them in Bougereau...
SUETONI D. JULIUS, '80.IT may perhaps be gratifying to many of our fashionable beaux, a race of animals for which I have a special respect, to know the antiquity of a part of their dress so valuable to them as the pantaloon. Pelontier, in his Hist. Celt., L. 2, c. 6, and Cluvenius, in his Germ. Antiq., L. 1, c. 16, plainly describe it; but not to trouble them with what Commodore Trunnion calls outlandish lingos, I extract the following passage from the valuable history of Dr. Henry, the authenticity of which on the most minute as well...
...wore the garment, calling it pantaloni, from Pantaleon, formerly the patron saint of Venice." - MENAGE. "Originally a baptismal name very frequent among the Venetians, and hence applied to them, by the other states as a common name; afterwards, a name of derision, as applying to a part of their dress that then distinguished the Venetians, namely, breeches and stockings that were all of a piece." - SMART. "His [Pantaloon's] name is said by antiquaries to be derived from the Italian words 'Pianta leone,' as it were the 'Lion planter,' in allusion to the boastful language of the Venetians." - BRANDE...
...least excitement, wear spring-bottomed trousers, - or a thousand other things. The more important question is, What is "the thing"? and this we have never been able to solve, though we, like many others, have devoted our life to that end. Some say, "not to study"; others, "to dress well"; the Freshmen think they have found it at the Howard: but the general opinion seems now to indicate light ulsters...
...bringing the exercises into the latter half of the day. This change would cause the good things of the day to occur in such rapid succession that no visitor would have time to grow weary. Furthermore, ladies do not like to prepare their toilets at sunrise; if they do dress then, they will no doubt become so jaded during the day as to seriously affect their enjoyment of the evening. I might also add that it is hardly right to compel a Senior to receive his friends at an hour which he has usually given to sleep...