in Don Juan, the scene being laid in the East. I might say more about
Dan's adventures in the convent, but have no wish to be scandalous.

Another dandy of the day was Sir Lumley Skeffington, who used to paint
his face, so that he looked like a French toy; he dressed a la Robespierre,
and practised other follies, although the consummate old fop was a man
of literary attainments, and a great admirer and patron of the drama.
Skeffington was remarkable for his politeness and courtly manners; in
fact, he was invited everywhere, and was very popular with the ladies.
You always knew of his approach by an avant-courier of sweet smells;
and when he advanced a little nearer, you might suppose yourself in
the atmosphere of a perfumer's shop. He is thus immortalized by Byron,
in the English Bards and Scotch Reviewers, alluding to the play written
by Skeffington, The Sleeping Beauty:-

"In grim array though Lewis' spectres rise,
Still Skeffington and Goose divide the prize:
And sure great Skeffington must claim our praise,
For skirtless coats and skeletons of plays
Renowned alike; whose genius ne'er confines
Her flight to garnish Greenwood's gay designs,
Nor sleeps with 'sleeping beauties' but anon
In five facetious acts comes thundering on,
While poor John Bull, bewildered with the scene,
Stares, wondering what the devil it can mean;
But as some hands applaud - a venal few -
Rather than sleep, John Bull applauds it too."

Long Wellesley Pole was a fashionable who distinguished himself by giving
sumptuous dinners at Wanstead, where he owned one of the finest mansions