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He invented his own fopperies, adapted his own fiction from the medieval, translated his own pleasures from the French.

From Time Magazine Archive

Yet, like Watteau's pictures it is of more than merely historic interest, for it is far more than simply a reminder of the fopperies of a vanished time.

From Rosalynde or, Euphues' Golden Legacy by Baldwin, Edward Chauncey

The reckless idler of Carlton House, with head crammed by fopperies and vanities, had been transformed into a man—and a Marquis de Varenac.

From A Blot on the Scutcheon by Knowles, Mabel Winifred

He also furnished coloured illustrations to the ‘Fiddle-Faddle Fashion-book,’ a whimsical satire on the fopperies and literary absurdities of the period, also out of print.”

From John Leech, His Life and Work. Vol. 1 by Frith, William Powell

The English pastoral drama had one advantage at least over many other literary fopperies, in that it obeyed the fundamental law of literary progress, which is one with artistic evolution.

From Pastoral Poetry and Pastoral Drama A Literary Inquiry, with Special Reference to the Pre-Restoration Stage in England by Greg, Walter W.