“It is true that he spoke our tongue incorrectly and in an anglicised way, like all those whose mouths are more accustomed to chewing anglo-saxon pebbles and to talking next to the sea.”
Jules Barbey D’Aurevilly, On Dandyism And George Brummell (1845), translation by George Walden (2002)
Right, that does it, I’m getting this book – if it actually exists.
It does. Available here, for example:
http://www.amazon.com/Who-Dandy-Dandyism-George-Brummell/dp/1903933366/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1292573723&sr=1-2
Includes “Who Is A Dandy?” by George Walden, serving as a lengthy introduction to his translation of Barbey D’Aurevilly.
Right, that does it, I’m going down to the seashore to chew anglo-saxon pebbles and talk next to the sea.
O.S.M. B:52