- card at Wilde's club, the Albemarle, inscribed: "For
Oscar Wilde,
posing somdomite [sic]". Wilde,
encouraged by
Douglas and
against the
advice of his friends...
- Wilde,
Queensberry left a
calling card
reading "For
Oscar Wilde,
posing Somdomite [sic]" at Wilde's club.
Wilde sued for
criminal libel,
leading to Queensberry's...
- Queensberry's card at his club with the inscription: "For
Oscar Wilde,
posing somdomite [sic]".
Unable to bear
further insults and
encouraged by Lord
Alfred (who...
- grandson, it is more
likely "Posing
somdomite",
while Queensberry himself claimed it to be "Posing as
somdomite".
Holland suggests that this wording...
-
Queensberry left a
calling card with the note "For
Oscar Wilde,
posing somdomite [sic]". This
resulted in Wilde's
failed libel action (Wilde v. Queensberry)...
- at Wilde's club with an
inscription accusing Wilde of
being a "posing
somdomite" [sic].
Wilde retaliated with a
libel action, as homo****uality was, at...
- a
calling card left at Wilde's club that he, Wilde, was "posing as a
somdomite" (sodomite). The
action was
urged by Queensberry's son Lord
Alfred Douglas...
-
calling card at the
Albemarle Club, inscribed: "For
Oscar Wilde,
posing somdomite", i.e. a sodomite,
inducing Wilde to
charge him with
criminal libel. 3–5...
- When
Wilde sued Bosie's
father for
libel when
accused of "posing as a
somdomite" (sic), this led to Wilde's
downfall and imprisonment. In 1895, when during...
-
calling card for
Wilde with the
infamous note "For
Oscar Wilde,
posing as a
somdomite" [sic]. This led to Wilde's
failed libel action and
subsequent criminal...
