Although they remained civil whenever they met, Adam wrote in a letter that Hope was a " poor, vain, affected, childish coxcomb ".
12.
Captain Horatio Nelson was at this time by no means favorably impressed by his future friend and comrade, and described Ball as a " great coxcomb ".
13.
Ruskin wrote, " but never expected to hear a coxcomb ask 200 guineas for flinging a pot of paint in the public's face ."
14.
The name " coxcomb " is sometimes used erroneously : this was the name Nightingale used to refer to a book containing the diagrams rather than the diagrams themselves.
15.
In the social context of his era, an example can be seen in " King Lear " where the coxcomb to be a parody of the king.
16.
The theme ingredient was offal ( organ meats, pig trotters, coxcombs, etc . ), an ingredient with which each of the chefs is known to cook routinely.
17.
By the by, I am sure she wrote it all herself, for the brother seems a fool and a coxcomb; she very ugly, but delightful . )
18.
In this company, he performed in the theater in Whitefriars and, frequently, at court, in plays such as Beaumont and Fletcher's " The Coxcomb ".
19.
The children's troupe later passed out of existence, leaving some of its plays, including " The Coxcomb, " behind with the Lady Elizabeth's company.
20.
De Pauw, who seems ubiquitous onstage, donning and removing a jester's coxcomb to go along with his business suit and knit shirt, is appealing in his formality and understatement.
