Beau Nash [ Fashion ]
… the ‘king of Bath ’, a remarkable contributor to the creation of a British model of sociability. Oliver Goldsmith, the author of his first biography, published shortly after his death in 1761, draws the portrait of a riotous young man and a … swords and boots (Goldsmith 36–38; FRONTINELLA’s Invitation to the Assembly ’, 38). Through a few simple rules and his authoritative personality, he transformed Bath into a place of fashion and sociability: ‘Regularity repressed pride, and …
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