He was a celebrated bon vivant whose luxurious home was the site of weekly Sunday afternoon parties attended by closeted celebrities and the attractive young men they met in bars and gyms and brought with them.

Sterne lived in Sutton for twenty years, during which time he kept up an intimacy which had begun at Cambridge with John Hall-Stevenson, a witty and accomplished bon vivant, owner of Skelton Hall in the Cleveland district of Yorkshire.

Spassky is respected as a universal player, a great storyteller, a bon vivant on occasion, and someone who is rarely afraid to speak his mind on controversial chess issues, and who usually has something important to relate.

* Woodbury Kane ( 1859 – 1905 ), American yachtsman, bon vivant and soldier

Harry Crosby ( June 4, 1898 – December 10, 1929 ) was an American heir, a bon vivant, poet, publisher, and for some, epitomized the Lost Generation in American literature.

Despite his existentialist outlook on life expressed through his paintings, Bacon always appeared to be a bon vivant, spending much of his middle and later life eating, drinking and gambling in London's Soho with Lucian Freud, John Deakin, Daniel Farson, Patrick Swift, Jeffrey Bernard, Muriel Belcher and Henrietta Moraes, among others.

The book received mostly positive critical and reader reaction, and helped to reinvent Roth's image as a popular wit and adventurer, with a bon vivant personality.

David Tang, bon vivant and founder of Shanghai Tang writes a weekly column for Apple Daily in English, a selection which were published in book as An Apple a Week.

Owen Wilson had a memorable supporting role in the film as Eli Cash, a drug-addled bon vivant who becomes a literary celebrity.

Collins graduated from Princeton University and entered New York's literary life in 1926, as a bon vivant.

Albert Lortzing became an audience favourite, playing the roles of a youthful lover, a country boy and bon vivant, sometimes also singing in small tenor or baritone parts.

Though he never applied himself to his studies at the Inner Temple, he well applied himself to spending money and living as a bon vivant which led to him quickly running out of money.

Both of these works are in the permanent collection of the Skagens Museum which is dedicated to that community of artists, including those who gathered around Krøyer, a great organizer and bon vivant.

Jaime de Mora y Aragón, a Spanish bon vivant, brother to Fabiola, Queen of the Belgians, Adnan Khashoggi and Guenter Rottman, were frequent visitors.

Merrill was a well-known bon vivant.

Sir Francis Dashwood, 15th Baron le Despencer | Francis Dashwood, 2nd Baronet ( 1708 – 1781 ), notorious " bon vivant " and builder of West Wycombe, dressed in his " Ottoman " dining club garb.

The boundless hospitality of the country gentlemen and the convivial habits of the members of the bar at that time had for a season a fascination for Wirt, who was regarded by his legal brethren rather as a bon vivant and gay, fascinating companion, than as an ambitious lawyer.

He was portrayed as a stylish, even foppish dandy, a New York bon vivant possessing a highly intellectual bent.

The, 250-pound bon vivant epitomized the " society architect.

Lord Lonsdale was an avid sportsman and bon vivant and was known by some as " England's greatest sporting gentleman ".

Bhakta's campaign generated significant national media attention as a consequence of Bhakta's background on the " Apprentice ," his attention-getting campaign maneuvers and his reputation as a bon vivant.

" The life of a commercial sperm broker has a few surprises even for a sophisticated bon vivant, and Dahl manages his signature sting-in-the-tail ending even in one of his lightest comic works.

The New York Times reported in 2004 that he was " a rap music entrepreneur and bon vivant, fond of Lamborghinis and long trips to Hollywood and Rio de Janeiro ".

George Robert Sims ( 2 September 1847 – 4 September 1922 ) was an English journalist, poet, dramatist, novelist and bon vivant.

In many cultures, it is customary to throw a farewell party in honor of someone who is moving away or departing on a long trip ( sometimes called a bon voyage party ).

The negative etymology conflicts with the French fur traders and explorers, who called them the " bon Iroquois.

In the past players were holy men, who played only at special occasions and in small groups, but in time secular men ( rarely women ) also played the taiko in semi-religious festivals such as the bon dance.

The Third Book of Pantagruel ( in French, Le tiers-livre de Pantagruel ; the original title is Le tiers livre des faicts et dicts héroïques du bon Pantagruel ) concerns Pantagruel and his friend Panurge, who spend the entire book discussing with many people the question of whether Panurge should marry ; the question is unresolved.

Among her friends were amateur musicians who sometimes performed with the Veillées du bon vieux temps at the Monument-National under Conrad Gauthier.

So Commodore Anson became known to a multitude of francophone readers, who possibly were enticed to read Walter's account afterwards, enhancing their love for nature and the " mythe du bon sauvage " who lies hidden in its pages.

This novel tells the story of Oskar Schindler, self-made entrepreneur and bon viveur who almost by default found himself saving Polish Jews from the Nazi death machine.

His own bon mots, such as " Every woman needs one man in her life who is strong and responsible.

Sassoon lived in Shanghai as a wealthy bon vivant who worked tirelessly to protect Western interests in the Orient and helped European Jews survive in the Shanghai Ghetto.

The film is punctuated throughout by commentaries and glances from various cleaners and maids who act as a sort of Greek chorus as they look and speak directly to the camera, most notably the microbiologist's doe-eyed housecleaner ( Henderson ), who offers various metaphorical bon mots about dirt, germs, and cleanliness and how much they are like the larger world.

Rousseau's thesis has a basis in the prior writings of Niccolò Machiavelli, whom Rousseau called a " bon citoyen et honnête homme " and who alongside Montesquieu was one of Rousseau's sources for republican philosophy.

Traces remain in the contemporary Yiddish vocabulary: for example, ( bentshn, to bless ), from the Latin ; ( leyenen, to read ), from the Latin ; and the personal names Anshl, cognate to Angel or Angelo ; Bunim ( probably from " bon homme ").

During his career Barbier also turned his hand to jewellery, glass and wallpaper design, wrote essays and many articles for the prestigious Gazette du bon ton.

The print shop will also retain a proof, normally signed off as " bon à tirer " (" good for printing " in French ) to use as a control example against which the other impressions are compared.

The sea voyage continues for the whole of The Fourth Book of Pantagruel ( in French, Le quart-livre de Pantagruel ; the original title is Le quart livre des faicts et dicts héroïques du bon Pantagruel ).

The printer is also often allowed to retain some proof impressions ; these are marked " P. P ." Finally, a master image may be printed against which the members of the edition are compared for quality: these are marked as " bon à tirer " or " BAT " (" good to print " in French ).

Nouns and adjectives, the Latin masculine endings have mostly dropped, but-e remains, while the feminine ending is-o. Nouns do not inflect for number, but all adjectives ending in vowels (- e or-o ) become-i, and all plural adjectives take-s before vowels: lo bon ami " the good friend " ( masc.

Nouns and adjectives, the Latin masculine endings have mostly dropped, but-e remains, while the feminine ending is-a. Nouns do inflect for number, all adjectives ending in vowels (- e or-a ) become-i, and all plural adjectives take-s: lo bon amic " the good friend " ( masc.

He himself however, preferred the name given him by his contemporaries for his gaiety and kindness, " le bon chevalier ", or " the good knight ".

Hal arrives at the Shanahan mansion, where a bon voyage party for Rosemary is underway.

A talented singer with a distinctive voice, she recorded the hits " Let's Do It "; " Champagne Taste "; " C ' est si bon " ( which Stan Freberg famously burlesqued ); " Just an Old Fashioned Girl "; " Monotonous "; " Je cherche un homme "; " Love for Sale "; " I'd Rather Be Burned as a Witch "; " Uskudar ' a Gideriken ( aka Katibim )"; " Mink, Schmink "; " Under the Bridges of Paris "; and her most recognizable hit, " Santa Baby ", which was released in 1953.

His life was often in danger, but his ready wit always saved it and it was said that one bon mot would preserve him for a month.

It is famous for Owara Kaze no bon festival.

* an English surname, that came from Old French origin bon homme ( French for good man ).

However nauw jaat gurung did not change their ancent religion bonism and bon priest performs all rituals for them.

* Cançó i dansa No. 13 ( Cançó: El cant dels ocells ; Dansa ( El bon caçador )) for guitar ( 1972 )

Enka singer Mitsuko Nakamura is famous for singing Kawachi Ondo and a derivative of the song called Kawachi Otoko Bushi ; she is credited for inventing a new Kawachi Ondo dance, and loyal fans get together and dance the " Nakamura Mitsuko " at bon dances.