Beau Nash [ Fashion ]
… Character, and Manners, of the Late Mr Nash 2 and Dr George Cheyne who often joked with him about the principles of good health. In spite of his modest means, he managed to cast himself in the role of the benevolent man, in the manner of … A ‘social symptom’ ( Briggs 215) , he embodied all of the tensions inherent in the re-creation of Bath: between health and entertainment, the openness of a new society and a later trend towards privacy, and ultimately tensions …
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