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Originally Posted by Uncle Robin
I'm hoping to find a well-written thesis online investigating the causes and consequences of the fact that being a Duke in Regency England almost invariably meant one was bereft of shirts. Must have been tough in those drafty ducal mansions, poor guys.
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Maybe a year or so ago I read an article, probably in the
Guardian, about what Regency rakes would
really have looked like. And in fact, they were all about the thighs and tight pants, with spindly chests. The point was the horse-riding and giving physical evidence of one’s prowess as well as being an indication of affluence - the hoi polloi had neither the time or the resources to be expert horsemen.
And if highly developed, muscular thighs implied anything else, either in terms of endowments or abilities, surely no pure young marriageable lady let her thoughts stray in that direction!