John Oliver Hobbes

“ Now, fortunately or unfortunately, the number of figures which can be cut in the world is practically unlimited; the only difficulty is to cut precisely the kind of figure one would wish. But that merely illustrates the playfulness of the gods. The kind of figure Lord Middlehurst liked to imagine himself cutting was dignified, important, and frock-coated. [7] That is to say, he was to be the man on all occasions to wear the Frock-coat and represent in one gracious person the literal and symbolic in Frock-coats throughout cultivated Europe. ”

“ His views on woman were, perhaps, more remarkable for their chivalry than their reverence; that she lost her youth was a blot on creation: that she could lose her virtue made life worth living. As his nature was sensuous rather than sensual, however, the refinement of his taste did for him what the fear of God has hardly done for few. He waited for his Eve: she was to be Guinevere [21] , not Molly Seagrim [22] . He met her when he was twenty-three and she nineteen. Her name was Anna Christian: she was studying Art in Jasper Street, Bloomsbury [23] . ”

“ She looked at him and owned to herself that he was a lover any woman would be proud of. Honest love, or its semblance, will always gain a woman's sympathy even if it fails to win her heart. To Emily, who doubted whether she had a heart to lose, it had the added fascination of mystery. ”

“ She knew, too, that her influence and affection were more to him than all the moon-swearing passion in the world; that if he could or might love a dozen others for their ears or their eyebrows, or their way of eating bread-and-butter, he would always look to her in trouble and perplexity. ”

“ In the early twentieth-century, this area's long-standing association with the arts was popularized by the Bloomsbury Group↑ "Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth" Matthew 5:5↑ The philosopher is Thomas Hobbes and this quotation is found in Part I, Chapter VI of Leviathan↑ It was common in the Victorian era for women of genteel birth to be accompanied by a chaperon when receiving male visitors or attending social events with men. ”

“ In a great house, this would have been a specialty, but in more modest households, the coachman would have doubled as the stablehand or groom.↑ "Girl's magazines featured articles encouraging girls to take up daily exercises or learn how to play a sport. Many of these sports were limited to the middle and upper classes who could afford the necessary materials and free time needed to play. Nonetheless, the inclusion of girls in physical culture created a new space for girls to be visible outside of the home and to partake in activities previously only open to boys. ”

“ The philosophers' stone was the central symbol of the mystical terminology of alchemy, symbolizing perfection at its finest, enlightenment, and heavenly bliss. ↑ landed estates were a central part of the structure of English society. Country homes owned by the powerful landowning class, by members of the aristocracy; others by the wealthy gentry. By the middle of the eighteenth century, the idea of the hereditary house, often accompanying a title, had begun to waver, as successful merchants and tradesmen began to buy country houses and estates, as well as titles. ”

“ While girls had more freedom than ever before, much of the physical culture for girls was simultaneously justified in terms of motherhood: athletic, healthy girls would have healthier children, better able to improve the British race."↑ The clothes and personal possessions that a woman collects when she is about to get married, which usually includes clothes, accessories, and household linens and wares.↑ a strip of fabric attached by one edge ”

“ The more the morning coat became fashionable as correct daytime full dress, the more the lounge suit became acceptable as an informal alternative.↑ a groom's helper: stableboy↑ A coachman is a man whose business it is to drive a coach, a horse-drawn vehicle designed for the conveyance of more than one passenger. ”

“ He shaved regularly for the week following Lord Middlehurst's death, gave his lounging-coat [9] to an under-groom, [10] and began reading religious novels—in bed—as a first step towards reform. At the end of the tenth day he hinted to the coachman [11] that a rat-hunt might be amusing. Before a fortnight had passed, he was limiting himself to four pipes a day—with fluctuating success. "A fellow can't break off a habit all at once," he said ”

“ The administration of an estate of any size was a task that could be compared to the running of a company. The size of a typical country estate fell anywhere between 1,000 and 100,000 acres.” ↑ well-born of respected or noble lineage↑ Present oneself or appear in a particular way↑ A frock coat is a man's coat characterized by knee-length skirts all around the base, popular during the Victorian and Edwardian periods. ”

“ Notes ↑ Feudalism was a social system that existed in Europe during the Middle Ages in which people worked and fought for nobles who gave them protection and the use of land in return.↑ Ecclesiastes 1:14 King James Bible ↑ The philosophers' stone is a legendary alchemical substance said to be capable of turning base metals such as lead into gold or silver. ”