Beau Nash [ Fashion ]
… who, after a few years at Jesus College, Oxford, and an unsuccessful attempt at pursuing a military career, read law at the Middle Temple, London. 1 From the start, he behaved as an ‘easy companion’ who struck innumerable friendships … he attempted to sue them for refusing to grant him his part of the E&0 (a game that had been invented to circumvent the law) business. 2 . William Oliver, A Faint Sketch of the Life, Character, and Manners, of the Late Mr Nash (Bath, 1761), … his new capacity as Master of Ceremonies, he set out to define the principles of spa sociability, through the 11 ‘Bath laws’ that were posted in various key locations (most particularly in the Pump Room in 1707), establishing an unheard-of …
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