...is the character of the inhabitants of this place in general, 'ma ogni medaglio ha il suo reverse.' There is a circle, small 'tis true, but within whose...abounds every pleasure that wealth, regulated by taste, or urbanity can bestow. There the 'red heel' of Versailles may imagine himself in the emporium of fashion,...

...morocco shoes with buckles and fine silk or thread stockings were revealed. In Louisville, it was said, " There is a circle, small 'tis true, but within whose...every pleasure that wealth regulated by taste can bestow. There the 'red -heel' of Versailles may imagine himself in the very emporium of fashion, and,...

...began to manifest itself in its own peculiar way. Of the little town of Louisville it was written : " There is a circle, small 'tis true, but within whose...every pleasure that wealth regulated by taste can bestow. There the ' redheel ' of Versailles may imagine himself in the very emporium of fashion, and,...

...circle, small indeed, within whose magic rounds abounds every pleasure that wealth regulated by taste can bestow. There the red-heel of Versailles may imagine himself in the emporium of fashion and, while leading beauty through the mazes of the dance, forget that he IB in the wilds of America." southerly...

...development in Louisville and Evansville. One contemporary observer described Louisville's elite as "a circle, small 'tis true . . . but within whose...every pleasure that wealth, regulated by taste, can produce."27 While Louisville's early nineteenth century elite would resemble its Cincinnati and Pittsburgh...