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Tenth-Introduced to the Prince of Wales-In attendance
on His Royal Highness at his marriage-The Blue nose-
Reasons for disliking the Army-Retires from the service 28
CHAPTER IV.
Brummell attains his majority, though not in the Tenth-Establishes
himself in Chesterfield Street-His figure and countenance-
His style of dress-A French author's opinion of him-The
Dandies, English and Indian-Wraxall's description of dress
in 1794-Brummell's cravat-His method of tying it-His
condemnation of the Duke of Bedford's coat-The Beau's
tailors—“ Superfine" and "Bath coating"-The Prince of
Wales's wardrobe-Brummell's dress at the cover-side.
CHAPTER V.
Brummell's extreme neatness-Lord Byron's opinion of his outward
appearance-Leigh Hunt's-The Beau's cleanliness-His
precautions to ensure it-Why country gentlemen were dis-
qualified for becoming members of Watier's-Mr. Pitt's
opinion of them-Brummell's manners and tastes-Lord
Chesterfield's gentleman-Lord Petersham's snuff-cellar-The
ex-Garde-du-Corps-The gentleman of the Old School-
Innovations, not improvements-The minuet and cotillons
CHAPTER VI.
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Brummell's accomplishments-In London during the month of No-
vember-His friend the Duke of Bedford-Visits to Woburn,
Belvoir, &c. &c.-Fête on the Duke of Rutland's coming of
age-Brummell is mistaken for the Prince of Wales-His
indifference to field-sports-Nimrod's opinion of his riding-
Thomas Asheton Smith-His reason for riding at an impossi
bility The Major of the Belvoir Volunteers-The regular
and the irregular-Brummel's stud-The late Duchess of
Rutland The Beau's friends and associates at Belvoir . . 80
CHAPTER VII.
Brummell's influence in society-Proofs of it-The young débutante
at Almack's-The hogshead of Martinique-Brummell's assur-
ance-Mr. Lister's elucidation of that subject-Mrs. Johnson-
Thompson-Brummell and Wyndham-The dinner at Mr.
、R.'s, and the ride to Lady Jersey's—The horrid discovery—
The double distress
94
CHAPTER VIII.
Practical Jokes-The Emigré-Mr. Snodgrass-The Beau's canine
friend-Affectation-J. W. C-r and Bloomsbury Square
-Brummell's mots-A travelled bore-Vegetable diet-A
limping lounger-A new way of accounting for a cold-A
bad summer-The advantages of civility-Prince Boothby
and Mrs. Clopton Parthericke-Sheridan's bet
107
CHAPTER IX.
Brummell's softer moments-His numerous offers-His honesty in
love affairs-The intended Mrs. Brummell-His flirtations
and love-letters-His great popularity with the fair sex-His
good-nature-Miss Seymour's letter to him-Brummell's re-
gard for her.
117
CHAPTER X.
Another of Brummell's correspondents-Lady Hester Stanhope-
Her letter to him-Admiral Sir Bladen Capel-Lady Hester's
droll reason for that officer's being sent to the Mediterranean
-The late Lord Berwick-Lady Hester leaves England-
Her mountain home at Mar Elias-Admirable description of
her ladyship, and her residence there, by a friend of the
author's-Her opinion of Brummell-Her adoption of Eastern
superstitions-Her courage-The Holy Gate of Damascus-
Lady Hester's reply to the British Consul at Cairo-Her
personal appearance
128
CHAPTER XI.
Brummell's Album-His letter presenting it to a friend-Georgiana
Duchess of Devonshire-Lines on the Death of Hare-
Wraxall's description of her Grace-Her fascinating manners
and love of dress and dissipation-Lord Carlisle's apology
for her plume-Her friend Charles Fox-His lines on the
death of her favourite Spaniel-A Scale of the Beauties of
1793-Mrs. Bouverie and Charles Fox
CHAPTER XII.
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The Duchess of Devonshire-Her follies and infirmities-Taste for
play at this period-Charles Fox and the Jews-His lines on
the gaming-table-The Duchess's kindness of heart-Her
enthusiasm-The contest for Westminster in 1784-Anecdotes
of, and squibs let off, at this election-The Duchess's poem of
"The passage of St. Gothard "Her knowledge of French
and Italian-Her translation of one of Petrarch's sonnets . 157
CHAPTER XIII.
The Duchess's fugitive poetry-Lord Morley-Borino the Brave-
His feats at Melton described in verse by George Ellis-
Short notice of that gentleman-The Duchess of Devonshire's
lines on a bust of Charles James Fox-Her verses from a
blind man to his wife-Death of her Grace-Anecdote of
Lady Bessborough-Visit to the vault of the Cavendishes-
Elizabeth, Duchess of Devonshire-Gibbon in love-Sketch of
her Grace's character-Her patronage of literature, and anti-
quarian researches
170
CHAPTER XIV.
Brummell a Whig, but no Politician-General Fitzpatrick-His
contributions to the Beau's Album-His lines on a proposed
grant of money for the prosecution of the War-Mrs. Miller
of Bath Easton-Horace Walpole's description of her-Castles
in the air-The late Lord Palmerston-His Epitaph on his
wife-Lord Upper Ossory- Lady Tyrconnel-Lines addressed
to her by that nobleman-Lady Upper Ossory
CHAPTER XV.
Lord John Townshend-Lady Hunloke-Sir Robert Adair-Poem
of Georgina Duchess of Devonshire supposed to be ad
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dressed to Sir Robert Adair, by Lady Hunloke-Sir Robert
Adair's reply to Lady Hunloke, by Lord John Townshend-
Sir Gregory Page Turner-Sir G. Osborne Turner-Sir
Thomas Tyrwhitt Jones-Mr. Robson, M.P.
CHAPTER XVI.
Charles Sturt, M.P. for Bridport-His gallantry in rescuing some
shipwrecked seamen- His perilous adventure and great pre-
sence of mind-Mr. Sturt in the House of Commons--The
young Ensign and the Town-Clerk-The Reverend Pell
Akehurst-An imaginary address of his to the Countess of
Bessborough, by Lord John Townshend-Lines by the same
nobleman to the memory of his daughter-The Foreign Grave
-Lord John Townshend's death.
CHAPTER XVII.
Estimation in which Brummell was held by clever men-The Poet
Crabbe's opinion of him-The Butterfly's Funeral-Brummell
the Author of it-Julia Storer-The Beau's verses on her
child-An anecdote from the Clubs of London-A rencontre
between Sheridan and Brummell-Sheridan's fugitive poetry
-Lines addressed to the Countess of Bessborough-Tom
Sheridan-The loss of the Saldanha Frigate-His stanzas on
the event-Lines to Julia
CHAPTER XVIII.
Other contributors to Brummell's Scrap Book-Lord Melbourne-
His Lines on the Bust of Fox-The Dream-Translation of
an Ode from Anacreon-The Honourable George Lamb-
The Robber's Good-Night-R. Payne Knight—The Yellow
Leaf-George Canning-His Squib on Mr. Whitbread's
speech at the impeachment of Lord Melville-The Duchess
of Gordon's salute-Mrs. O'Neill-Stanzas by that lady
CHAPTER XIX.
"Wales, ring the bell!"—The real delinquent-Brummell's quarrel
with the Prince of Wales-Causes that led to it-Ben and
Benina-Mrs. Fitzherbert-The Beau's impudence-"Who's
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your fat friend?"-Brummell's intimacy with the Duke of
York-Letters from the Duchess to Brummell-Her great
partiality for dogs-Fête at Oatlands-The Duke's reply to
his servant-A Pastoral Dialogue by R. B. Sheridan-The
Right Honourable George Rose .
CHAPTER XX.
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A Dinner-party at Oatlands-Lord Erskine's description of it in
verse-The company present-Colonel Armstrong-The Hon-
ourable William Spencer-Monk Lewis-Kangaroo Cooke-
Lady Anne Culling Smith-Miss Fitzroy-Colonel de Lancey
Barclay-Brummell-Le Chevalier Cainea-Lord Erskine's
childhood-One of his letters written from school-Goes to
sea in the Tartar--Letter to Lord Cardross from Jamaica . 269
CHAPTER XXI.
Lord Erskine enters the Army-His slow promotion-leaves the
service-Enters at Cambridge-His great admiration and
friendship for Fox-Lines written by him at Oatlands on
receiving from the Duchess of York a lock of that statesman's
hair-Lord Byron-Two fragments of his unpublished poetry
-Stanzas on the murder of Mr. Weir, by the Rev. J. Mit-
ford-The younger Brother's claim-Les Mille Colonnes-
Epigrams
282
CHAPTER XXII.
Brummell at the Clubs-Watier's-Lord Byron and the Dandies—
The ball at the Argyle-Brummell one of the four gentlemen
who gave it-The Regent goes to it—The Beau's run of good-
luck at Hazard-Alderman Combe and Brummell-Tom
Sheridan and Brummell-High play at Watier's-Brummell's
continued losses-His friend's good-natured attempt to save
him-Ill-success of his scheme-Dick the Dandy-killer-A
new way to pay old debts-The sixpence with a hole in it-
The storm gathering
CHAPTER XXIII.
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Symptoms of a move-Brummell's epistle to his friend Scrope