Although it’s half bourbon, half grain spirits, I prefer its taste to every other bottom-shelf whiskey. The hill upon which I will die—happily, unequivocally, though most definitely not literally—is ...
What is it to be a true ­gentleman? If I had considered such a question at the age of 18, I would probably have mumbled something about holding doors open for women. I might have deployed the phrase ...
Whoever said chivalry was dead must have taken a glimpse into my former dating life. I used to utter these words quite frequently. The phrase ‘chivalry is dead’ probably formulated from women, like me ...
THERE died not long ago in an academic community a man of whom men said, with singular unanimity, “ He was a gentleman and a scholar, and he was the last of his kind.” We are prone to call certain ...
IT is more than a hundred years since the death of Sir Walter Scott, and, like other people bred upon the Waverley Novels, I was moved by the ceremonies attending his centenary to reread some of them ...
The subtle change from "Doug" to "Douglas" reflects a more serious tone from the entertainment attorney and Second Gentleman of the United States He's been referred to as everything from "Dougie" to ...
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The spectacular critical, popular and financial success of Laura Z. Hobson’s “Gentleman’s Agreement” as a novel should be repeated by Darryl F. Zanuck’s brilliant and powerful film version. Just as ...