Excerpt from The Penny Cyclopedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, 1836, Vol. 6 Bufi'on was of a noble countenance and commanding figure. And his fondness for magnificence and dress seem to have amounted almost to a passion. It is curious to observe such an intellect as his finding time in the midst of the severest studies to submit his head to the friseur often twice and sometimes three times in the day. And to make his tailet in the extreme of the fashion. On a Sunday. Alter the service of the church ...
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Excerpt from The Penny Cyclopedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, 1836, Vol. 6 Bufi'on was of a noble countenance and commanding figure. And his fondness for magnificence and dress seem to have amounted almost to a passion. It is curious to observe such an intellect as his finding time in the midst of the severest studies to submit his head to the friseur often twice and sometimes three times in the day. And to make his tailet in the extreme of the fashion. On a Sunday. Alter the service of the church, the peasantry of Montbard came to gaze on the count, who, clad in the richest dress, and at the head of his son and retainers, was wont to exhi bit himself to their admiring eyes. This last exhibition however may have been a trait of the times. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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