He recounted an interlude in Bath in which Robert Coates was tricked into playing the title role in one essay, while in another essay, Mr. Le V. is attempting to attain the title status, which D'Orsay almost achieved but is exemplified by Beau Brummel.
One of this man's essays claims that while a snobbish Roman might say `I am dining with the Borgias to-night,' no Roman ever was able to say `I dined last night with the Borgias', and that essay divides the world into hosts and guests, claiming he has always been a guest. He praised windows for their narrative capacity and their integral place in painting in "Fenestralia", while he claimed greater adventures awaited his well traveled hatbox covered with labels in "Ichabod." He recounted an interlude in Bath in which Robert Coates was tricked into playing the title role in one essay, while in another essay, Mr. Le V. is attempting to attain the title status, which D'Orsay almost achieved but is exemplified by Beau Brummel. The author of "Poor Romeo" and "Dandies and Dandies", he wrote a novel in which the (*) Duke of Dorset dies in the River Isis after the title character presents a magic show. In one of this man's short stories the narrator lunches alongside the painter Will Rothenstein and the title character, who makes a deal with the devil to visit the Reading Room of the British Museum only to find that his only literary significance is as a character in a short story. For 10 points, name this author of Zuleika Dobson and the collection Seven Men, which contains "Enoch Soames."
One of this man's essays claims that while a snobbish Roman might say `I am dining with the Borgias to-night,' no Roman ever was able to say `I dined last night with the Borgias', and that essay divides the world into hosts and guests, claiming he has always been a guest.
Sir Henry Maximilian {Beerbohm}