His Fopperies could not conceal the silken strength of him.
"Brand Blotters"
William MacLeod Raine
"How common it is," says the writer of the Patriot, "to find a wretch of this persuasion to be deluded to such a degree that he shall imagine himself engaged in the solemnity of devotion, while in reality he is exceeding the Fopperies of a Jack-pudding!"
"A History of the Four Georges, Volume I (of 4)"
Justin McCarthy
My attentions, important and unimportant, my constant care, ever my Fopperies, let everybody know that I meditated conquest.
"The Memoires of Casanova, Complete The Rare Unabridged London Edition Of 1894, plus An Unpublished Chapter of History, By Arthur Symons"
Jacques Casanova de Seingalt