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                   SKETCHES OF YOUNG GENTLEMEN 



SKETCHES OF YOUNG 

             GENTLEMEN 



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                       SKETCHES OF YOUNG GENTLEMEN 



    TO    THE    YOUNG      LADIES     OF   THE   UNITED     KINGDOM        OF 

GREAT  BRITAIN AND   IRELAND�察�ALSO   THE YOUNG   LADIES   OF 

THE     PRINCIPALITY       OF  WALES�察    �AND    LIKEWISE      THE    YOUNG 

LADIES      RESIDENT       IN   THE    ISLES    OF   GUERNSEY�察      �JERSEY�察�

ALDERNEY�察 �AND   SARK�察  �THE   HUMBLE   DEDICATION   OF   THEIR 

DEVOTED ADMIRER�察�



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                              SHEWETH�察 � 



     THAT      your    Dedicator     has   perused�察   �with    feelings   of   virtuous 

indignation�察�a work purporting to be 'Sketches of Young Ladies��' written 

by    Quiz�察  �illustrated   by  Phiz�察  �and   published     in  one   volume�察   �square 

twelvemo。 

     THAT   after   an   attentive   and   vigilant   perusal   of   the   said   work�察  �your 

Dedicator is humbly of opinion that so many libels�察�upon your Honourable 

sex�察�were never contained in any previously published work�察�in twelvemo 

or any other mo。 

     THAT in the title page and preface to the said work�察�your Honourable 

sex are described and classified as animals�察�and although your Dedicator is 

not   at   present   prepared   to   deny   that   you ARE   animals�察  �still   he   humbly 

submits that it is not polite to call you so。 

     THAT in the aforesaid preface�察�your Honourable sex are also described 

as Troglodites�察�which�察�being a hard word�察�may�察�for aught your Honourable 

sex    or  your   Dedicator    can   say   to  the  contrary�察  �be  an   injurious   and 

disrespectful appellation。 

     THAT the author of the said work applied himself to his task in malice 

prepense and with wickedness aforethought�察�a fact which�察�your Dedicator 

contends�察�is sufficiently demonstrated�察�by his assuming the name of Quiz�察�

which�察    �your   Dedicator    submits�察   �denotes    a  foregone    conclusion�察    �and 

implies an intention of quizzing。 

     THAT in the execution of his evil design�察�the said Quiz�察�or author of 

the said work�察�must have betrayed some trust or confidence reposed in him 

by some members of your Honourable sex�察�otherwise he never could have 

acquired so much information relative to the manners and customs of your 

Honourable sex in general。 

     THAT actuated by these considerations�察�and further moved by various 

slanders and insinuations respecting your Honourable sex contained in the 

said   work�察  �square   twelvemo�察  �entitled   'Sketches   of   Young   Ladies��'   your 

Dedicator   ventures   to   produce   another   work�察  �square   twelvemo�察  �entitled 

'Sketches of Young Gentlemen��' of which he now solicits your acceptance 

and approval。 



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     THAT   as   the   Young   Ladies   are   the   best   companions   of   the   Young 

Gentlemen�察�so the Young Gentlemen should be the best companions of the 

Young Ladies�察�and extending the comparison from animals ��to quote the 

disrespectful      language    of   the  said   Quiz��    to  inanimate     objects�察  �your 

Dedicator      humbly      suggests�察   �that   such   of   your    Honourable      sex   as 

purchased   the   bane   should   possess   themselves   of   the   antidote�察  �and   that 

those of your Honourable sex who were not rash enough to take the first�察�

should lose no time in swallowing the last�察 �prevention being in all cases 

better than cure�察�as we are informed upon the authority�察�not only of general 

acknowledgment�察�but also of traditionary wisdom。 

     THAT with reference to the said bane and antidote�察�your Dedicator has 

no further remarks to make�察�than are comprised in the printed directions 

issued     with    Doctor     Morison's     pills�察  �namely�察    �that   whenever      your 

Honourable sex take twenty´five of Number�察�1�察�you will be pleased to take 

fifty of Number 2�察�without delay。 

     And your Dedicator shall ever pray�察�&c。 



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                 THE BASHFUL YOUNG 

                           GENTLEMAN 



     We found ourself seated at a small dinner party the other day�察�opposite 

a   stranger   of   such   singular   appearance   and   manner�察  �that   he   irresistibly 

attracted our attention。 

     This was a fresh´coloured young gentleman�察�with as good a promise of 

light whisker as one might wish to see�察�and possessed of a very velvet´like�察�

soft´looking countenance。          We do not use the latter term invidiously�察�but 

merely   to   denote   a   pair   of   smooth�察  �plump�察  �highly´coloured   cheeks   of 

capacious dimensions�察�and a mouth rather remarkable for the fresh hue of 

the   lips   than   for   any   marked   or   striking   expression   it   presented。  His 

whole   face   was   suffused   with   a   crimson   blush�察  �and   bore   that   downcast�察�

timid�察�retiring look�察�which betokens a man ill at ease with himself。 

     There was nothing in these symptoms   to attract more than a passing 

remark�察�but our attention had been originally drawn to the bashful young 

gentleman�察�on his first appearance in the drawing´room above´ stairs�察�into 

which he was no sooner introduced�察�than making his way towards us who 

were   standing   in   a   window�察  �and   wholly   neglecting   several   persons   who 

warmly      accosted    him�察  �he   seized   our   hand   with   visible   emotion�察   �and 

pressed   it   with   a   convulsive   grasp   for   a   good   couple   of   minutes�察  �after 

which he   dived in   a nervous   manner across   the   room�察  �oversetting   in his 

way a fine little girl of six years and a quarter old ´ and shrouding himself 

behind   some   hangings�察      �was   seen   no   more�察  �until  the   eagle  eye   of  the 

hostess detecting him in his concealment�察�on the announcement of dinner�察�

he was requested to pair off with a lively single lady�察�of two or three and 

thirty。 

     This   most   flattering   salutation   from   a   perfect   stranger�察  �would   have 

gratified us not a little as a token of his having held us in high respect�察�and 

for that reason been desirous of our acquaintance�察�if we had not suspected 

from the first�察�that the young gentleman�察�in making a desperate effort to 

get through the ceremony of introduction�察�had�察�in the bewilderment of his 



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ideas�察   �shaken    hands    with    us  at  random。      This    impression     was    fully 

confirmed by the subsequent behaviour of the bashful young gentleman in 

question�察    �which    we    noted   particularly�察   �with   the   view    of  ascertaining 

whether we were right in our conjecture。 

     The young gentleman seated himself at table with evident misgivings�察�

and    turning    sharp   round    to  pay   attention    to  some    observation     of  his 

loquacious neighbour�察�overset his bread。              There was nothing very bad in 

this�察�and if he had had the presence of mind to let it go�察�and say nothing 

about it�察�nobody but the man who had laid the cloth would have been a bit 

the wiser�察�but the young gentleman in various semi´successful attempts to 

prevent its fall�察�played with it a little�察�as gentlemen in the streets may be 

seen to do with their hats on a windy day�察�and then giving the roll a smart 

rap in his anxiety to catch it�察�knocked it with great adroitness into a tureen 

of white soup at some distance�察�to the unspeakable terror and disturbance 

of a very amiable bald gentleman�察�who was dispensing the contents。                       We 

thought the bashful young gentleman would have gone off in an apoplectic 

fit�察�consequent upon the violent rush of blood to his face at the occurrence 

of this catastrophe。 

     From this moment we perceived�察�in the phraseology of the fancy�察�that 

it   was   'all   up'   with   the   bashful   young   gentleman�察  �and   so   indeed   it   was。 

Several benevolent persons endeavoured to relieve his embarrassment by 

taking   wine   with   him�察 �but   finding   that it only  augmented   his   sufferings�察�

and that after mingling sherry�察�champagne�察�hock�察�and moselle together�察�he 

applied the greater part of the mixture externally�察�instead of internally�察�they 

gradually dropped off�察�and left him to the exclusive care of the talkative 

lady�察  �who�察  �not   noting   the   wildness   of   his   eye�察  �firmly   believed   she   had 

secured a listener。      He broke a glass or two in the course of the meal�察�and 

disappeared   shortly  afterwards�察  �it   is   inferred   that he   went   away  in   some 

confusion�察�inasmuch as he left the house in another gentleman's coat�察�and 

the footman's hat。 

     This    little  incident    led   us   to   reflect   upon    the   most    prominent 

characteristics   of   bashful   young   gentlemen   in   the   abstract�察  �and   as   this 

portable volume will be the great text´book of young ladies in all future 

generations�察�we record them here for their guidance and behoof。 



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     If the   bashful young   gentleman�察�in   turning a   street corner�察  �chance   to 

stumble   suddenly   upon   two   or   three   young   ladies   of   his   acquaintance�察�

nothing can   exceed   his   confusion   and   agitation。        His   first   impulse   is   to 

make   a   great   variety   of   bows�察  �and   dart   past   them�察  �which   he

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