… to be laughed at is ‘extremely provoking’ (Hutcheson 31). 9 . Samuel Johnson, A Dictionary of the English Language (London: J & P. Knapton, 1755). 10 . Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan (London: Andrew Crooke, 1651), p. 27. …
… 27, n° 5, 2016), p. 682. 5 . Roland Barthes, ‘Dandyism and Fashion’, in Andy Stafford and Michael Carter (eds.), The Language of Fashion (London: Bloomsbury, 2004), p. 60. Although Brummell’s declining power is linked to the loss of the …