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1600-1700
Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621).
Thomas Hobbes, Philosophicall Rudiments Concerning Government and Society (1651), "De Cive", chap. 1.
Samuel Pepys, The Diary of Samuel Pepys (1662/63).
Henry Oldenburg, Philosophical Transactions, vol. 1 (6 March 1664/5).
Lyonell Beacher, Wonders if not miracles (1665), p. 5-8.
Samuel Pepys, The Diary of Samuel Pepys (1667).
Anon., The Character of a Coffee-House (1673).
Katherine Philips, Heartfelt Words for a Friend (1678).
Memoirs, Illustrative of the Life And Writings of John Evelyn (1696).
The London-Spy Compleat (1699).*
1701-1710
Charles Montagu, Earl of Halifax, "Verses, Written for the Toasting-glasses of the Kit-Cat Club" (1703)
The London Spy Compleat (1703), part 1.
Verses Written for the Toasting-Glasses of the Kit-Kat Club (1703).
Richard Blackmore, The Kit-Cats (1708).
Ned Ward on Clubs (1709).
Ned Ward on the Kit-Cat Club (1709).
The Female Tatler 9 (25-27 July 1709).
Joseph Addison, "On The Lady Manchester" (b. 1719).
1711-1720
Jonathan Swift, A Description of a City Shower (1711).
The Spectator, no. 10 (12 March 1711) by Joseph Addison.
The Spectator, no. 11 (13 March 1711) by Richard Steele.
The Spectator, no. 49 (26 April 1711) by Richard Steele.
The Spectator, no. 68 (18 May 1711), by Joseph Addison.
The Spectator, no. 69 (19 May 1711) by Joseph Addison.
The Spectator, no. 454 (11 August 11 1712), by Richard Steele.
Lord Shaftesbury, Characteristicks of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times (1711), "The Moralists", Part 1, Section 1.
The Spectator, no. 383 (20 May 1712) by Joseph Addison.
The Spectator, no. 433 (17 July 1712) by Joseph Addison.
Peter Motteux, A Poem upon Tea (1712).*
Jonathan Swift, A Proposal for Correcting, Improving, and Ascertaining the English Tongue (1712).*
Jonathan Swift, Hints Toward an Essay on Conversation (c. 1713).
Bernard Mandeville, The Fable of the Bees (1714), lines 197-304.
Richard Baxter, The Signs and Causes of Melancholy (1716).*
John Gay, Walking the Streets of London (1716), book 1, lines 1-82.
Thomas Brown, Works Serious and Comical, 1720, vol. 3, p. 44-45 ("The Walks").*
1721-1730
Daniel Defoe, The Fortunate Mistress [Roxana] (1724), p. 210-216.
Mary Astell's Preface to Lady Mary Montagu’s letters (1724).
Peter Shaw, The Juice of the Grape (1724).*
Daniel Defoe on races (1724).
Francis Nichols, The British compendium (1725), p. iv-viii.
Timothy Greated, An Essay on Friendship (1726).*
Nicholas Robinson, A New System of the Spleen, Vapours, and Hypochondriack Melancholy (1729).*
1731-1740
The Gentleman's Magazine, no. 58 (11 February 1731), pp. 56-57 (‘Grub Street Journal‘).*
The Gentleman's Magazine, no. 155 (25 September 1731), pp. 388-89 (‘Of Dress and Modesty‘).*
The Gentleman's Magazine, II, n°18 (June 1732), p. 820 ('Spring Gardens').
James Forrester, The Polite Philosopher (1734).*
Gilbert Burnet, History of my own time (1734).*
David Hume, "Of The Love of Fame" (1734).
Erasmus Jones, "Rules for walking the Streets and other Publick Places" (1737).*
The Scots Magazine, July 1739, p. 363 (‘An Evening at Vaux-hall’).
1741-1750
Henry Fielding, Jonathan Wild The Great, book 3, chapter 14.
John Wesley, The Nature, Design, and General Rules, of the United Societies (1743).
David Fordyce, Dialogues Concerning Education (1745).*
Taylor in The London Tradesman (1747).*
Letter from Mme de Staal to la marquise Du Deffand, (15 August 1747).*
David Hume “Of National Characters” (1748).
Samuel Richardson, Clarissa (1748), Letter LV.
Samuel Richardson, Clarissa (1748), iii, p. 42-4.
Francis Hutcheson, Reflections upon Laughter (1750).
1751-1760
Letter from Elie Fréron to D'Hemery (1753).*
The Connoisseur, no. 82 (Thursday, August 21, 1755).*
William Cowper , 'On conversation', The Connoisseur no.138 (16 September 1756).
Horace Walpole, Letter to Conway, Thursday 12 February 1756.
Denis Diderot, “Entretiens sur le Fils Naturelˮ (1757).
David Hume, Of the Standard of Taste (1757).
White Conduit House by William Woty (1760)
1761-1770
Oliver Goldsmith, The Life of Richard Nash (1762).
Voltaire, Letter to D'Argental (1762).*
Elizabeth Montagu, Letter to The Chronicle (December 1762).
The Public Advertiser, volume 6, issue 8882 (22 Apr. 1763).*
Christopher Anstey, The New Bath Guide (1766), pp. 70-80 ("Letter XI. A Description of the Ball, with an Episode on Beau Nash").
Horace Walpole, Letter to Thomas Gray, 25 January 1766.
Royal Academy Instrument of Foundation (1768).
Ranelagh Advertisements (May 1769).*
1771-1780
Tobias George Smollett, The Expedition of Humphry Clinker (1771), vol. 1, p. 126-131 (M. Bramble to Dr. Lewis, London, 20 May).
Tobias George Smollett, The Expedition of Humphry Clinker (1771), vol. 1, p. 1-11 (M. Bramble to Dr. Lewis, Edinburgh, 8 Aug.).
Madame Du Deffand to Horace Walpole, Sunday 8 August 1773.
Horace Wapole, Strawberry-hill (1774).
Philip Dormer Stanhope, Letters of Philip Dormer, fourth earl of Chesterfield, to his Son (1774), 139 (10 January 1765).*
Philip Dormer Stanhope, Letters of Philip Dormer, fourth earl of Chesterfield, to his Son (1774), 161 (26 August 1766).*
Edmund Burke, Speech to the electors of Bristol (1774).
Oliver Goldsmith, on female beauty (1774).
Frances Burney, 'A Musical Evening at Dr Burney's' (1775).*
Frances Burney, 'Another Musical Evening at Dr Burney's' (1775)*
James Boswell, Life of Johnson (1776).
David Hume, Essays, Moral, and Political, and Literary, "On Refinement in the Arts" (1741, 1777).
Susan Burney, The Journals and Letters, p. 84-87 (16 November 1779).*
Jean Baptiste Grosier, Nouvelles de la République des Lettres (1779).*
Choderlos de Laclos, Les Liaisons dangereuses (1779), letter 81.
James Boswell, "The Hypochondriack, no. XXXIX" (1780).*
Sir Gregory Gigg; or, the city beau (c. 1780).*
1781-1790
The Public Advertiser, no. 14521 (Thursday, Apr. 26, 1781).*
Peter Beckford, Thoughts upon hunting (London, 1782), p. 214-215.
William Cowper, Conversation (1782).
Minute Book of the Highland Society of London (1784).
Hannah More, The Bas Bleu (1786).
The Times, no. 1284 (6 February 1789).*
Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France (1790).
Manon Roland, Mémoires de Madame Roland, tome 2, p.10-11.
The Young lady's pocket library, Or Parental monitor (1793), p. 21-22.
The Trial of Thomas Hardy for High Treason (1794).
1791-1852
Choderlos de Laclos, Journal des Amis de la Constitution, 8 février 1791.
Helen Maria Williams, On Theatres and Cafés in revolutionary Paris (1792).
William Gilpin on picturesque beauty (1792).
Helen Maria Williams , Letters on the French Revolution (1790), Letter 23 (on conversation).
Helen Maria Williams, On the Lycée (1792).
William Godwin, An Enquiry Concerning Political Justice (1793), IV, 2.1 ("Duties of a Citizen").
The Sporting Magazine (1793).*
Horace Walpole to Mary Berry (1795).
William Wilberforce, A Practical View of the Prevailing Religious System of Professed Christians (1797).*
John Haslam, Observations on Insanity (1798).*
Dorothy Wordsworth, Alfoxden Journal (1798).
Erasmus Darwin, The Progress of Society (c. 1799).
Dorothy Wordsworth, Grasmere Journal (1800).
William Wordsworth, Preface of Lyrical Ballads (1800).
Joseph Farington's Diary (1803).*
Literary Anecdotes of the Eighteenth Century (1812).*
Jane Austen, Emma (1815), Ch.III.ii.284-97.
Mme de Genlis, Salon de Mme du Deffand (1825).
Rifa‘a Rafi‘ Al-Tahtawi, An Imam in Paris. Account of a Stay in France by an Egyptian Cleric (1826-1831), p. 150-154.
Rifa‘a Rafi‘ al-Tahtawi, An Imam in Paris. Account of a Stay in France by an Egyptian Cleric (1826-1831), p. 222-223.
Frances Burney, Memoirs of Doctor Burney (1832), vol. 2, p. 9-18.
Charles Dickens, The Pickwick Papers (1836-37), chap. 10.
Charles Dickens, The Pickwick Papers (1836-37), chap. 21.
William Wordsworth, Prelude (1850).
Charles Dickens, Household Words (1852).
A
Joseph Addison
The Spectator, no. 10 (12 March 1711).
The Spectator, no. 68 (18 May 1711), by Joseph Addison.
The Spectator, no. 69 (19 May 1711).
The Spectator, no. 383 (20 May 1712).
The Spectator, no. 433 (17 July 1712).
"On The Lady Manchester" (b. 1719).
Al-Tahtawi, Rifa‘a Rafi‘
An Imam in Paris. Account of a Stay in France by an Egyptian Cleric (1826-1831), p. 150-154.
An Imam in Paris. Account of a Stay in France by an Egyptian Cleric (1826-1831), p. 222-223.
Christopher Anstey
The New Bath Guide (1766), p. 70-80 ("Letter XI. A Description of the Ball, with an Episode on Beau Nash").
Mary Astell
Preface to Lady Mary Montagu’s letters (1724).
Austen, Jane
Emma (1815), Ch.III.ii.284-97.
B
Richard Baxter
The Signs and Causes of Melancholy (1716).*
Lyonell Beacher
Wonders if not miracles (1665), p. 5-8.
Peter Beckford
Thoughts upon hunting (London, 1782), p. 214-215.
Richard Blackmore
The Kit-Cats (1708).
James Boswell
Life of Johnson (1776).
"The Hypochondriack, no. XXXIX" (1780).*
Thomas Brown
Works Serious and Comical, 1720, vol. 3, p. 44-45 ("The Walks").*
Edmund Burke
Speech to the electors of Bristol (1774).
Reflections on the Revolution in France (1790).
Gilbert Burnet
History of my own time (1734).*
Frances Burney
'A Musical Evening at Dr Burney's' (1775).*
'Another Musical Evening at Dr Burney's' (1775)*
Memoirs of Doctor Burney (1832), vol. 2, p. 9-18.
Susan Burney
The Journals and Letters, p. 84-87 (16 November 1779).*
Robert Burton
The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621).
C
Choderlos de Laclos, Pierre-Ambroise François
Les Liaisons dangereuses (1779), letter 81.
Journal des Amis de la Constitution, 8 février 1791.
William Cowper
'On conversation', The Connoisseur no.138 (16 September 1756).
The Public Advertiser, no. 14521 (Thursday, Apr. 26, 1781).*William Cowper, Conversation (1782).
D
Erasmus Darwin
The Progress of Society (c. 1799).
Daniel Defoe
The Fortunate Mistress [Roxana] (1724), pp. 210-216.
On races (1724).
Madame Du Deffand
Letter to Horace Walpole, Sunday 8 August 1773.
Charles Dickens
The Pickwick Papers (1836-37), chap. 10.
The Pickwick Papers (1836-37), chap. 21.
Household Words (1852).
Diderot, Denis
“Entretiens sur le Fils Naturelˮ (1757).
E
Evelyn, John
Memoirs, Illustrative of the Life And Writings of John Evelyn (1696).
F
Joseph Farington
Diary (1803).*
Henry Fielding
Jonathan Wild The Great, book 3, chapter 14.
David Fordyce
Dialogues Concerning Education (1745).*
James Forrester
The Polite Philosopher (1734).*
Elie Fréron
Letter to D'Hemery (1753).*
G
John Gay
Walking the Streets of London (1716), book 1, lines 1-82.
Mme de Genlis
Salon de Mme du Deffand (1825).
William Gilpin
On picturesque beauty (1792).
William Godwin
An Enquiry Concerning Political Justice (1793), IV, 2.1 ("Duties of a Citizen").
Oliver Goldsmith
The Life of Richard Nash (1762).
On female beauty (1774).
Timothy Greated
An Essay on Friendship (1726).*
Jean Baptiste Grosier
Nouvelles de la République des Lettres (1779).
H
John Haslam
Observations on Insanity (1798).*
Thomas Hobbes
Philosophicall Rudiments Concerning Government and Society (1651), "De Cive", chap. 1.
David Hume
"Of The Love of Fame" (1734).
“Of National Characters” (1748).
Of the Standard of Taste (1757).
Essays, Moral, and Political, and Literary, "On Refinement in the Arts" (1741, 1777).
Francis Hutcheson.
Reflections upon Laughter (1750).
J
Erasmus Jones
"Rules for walking the Streets and other Publick Places" (1737).*
M
Bernard Mandeville
The Fable of the Bees (1714), lines 197-304.
Charles Montagu, Earl of Halifax
"Verses, Written for the Toasting-glasses of the Kit-Cat Club" (1703)
Elizabeth Montagu
Letter to The Chronicle (December 1762).
Hannah More
The Bas Bleu (1786).
Peter Motteux
A Poem upon Tea (1712).*
N
Nichols, Francis
The British compendium (1725), p. iv-viii.
Nichols, John
Literary Anecdotes of the Eighteenth Century (1812).*
O
Henry Oldenburg
Philosophical Transactions, vol. 1 (6 March 1664/5).
P
Samuel Pepys
The Diary of Samuel Pepys (1662/63).
The Diary of Samuel Pepys (1667).
Philips, Katherine
Heartfelt Words for a Friend (1678).
R
Samuel Richardson
Clarissa (1748), Letter LV.
Clarissa (1748), iii, p. 42-4.
Nicholas Robinson
A New System of the Spleen, Vapours, and Hypochondriack Melancholy (1729).*
Roland, Manon
Mémoires de Madame Roland, tome 2, p.10-11.
S
Lord Shaftesbury
Characteristicks of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times (1711), "The Moralists", Part 1, Section 1.
Peter Shaw
The Juice of the Grape (1724).*
Tobias George Smollett
The Expedition of Humphry Clinker (1771), vol. 1, p. 126-131 (M. Bramble to Dr. Lewis, London, 20 May).
The Expedition of Humphry Clinker (1771), vol. 1, p. 1-11 (M. Bramble to Dr. Lewis, Edinburgh, 8 Aug.).
Philip Dormer Stanhope
Letters of Philip Dormer, fourth earl of Chesterfield, to his Son (1774), 139 (10 January 1765).*
Letters of Philip Dormer, fourth earl of Chesterfield, to his Son (1774), 161 (26 August 1766).*
Marguerite Jeanne Cordier de Launay, baronne de Staal
Letter to la marquise Du Deffand, (15 August 1747).*
Richard Steele
The Spectator, no. 11 (13 March 1711).
The Spectator, no. 49 (26 April 1711).
The Spectator, no. 454 (11 August 1712).
Jonathan Swift
A Description of a City Shower (1711).
A Proposal for Correcting, Improving, and Ascertaining the English Tongue (1712).*
Hints Toward an Essay on Conversation (c. 1713).
V
Voltaire, François-Marie Arouet, dit
Letter to D'Argental (1762).*
W
Horace Walpole
Letter to Conway, 12 February 1756.
Letter to Thomas Gray, 25 January 1766.
Horace Wapole, Strawberry-hill (1774).
Letters to Mary Berry (1795).
Edward (Ned) Ward
On Clubs (1709).
On the Kit-Cat Club (1709).
John Wesley
The Nature, Design, and General Rules, of the United Societies (1743).
William Wilberforce
A Practical View of the Prevailing Religious System of Professed Christians (1797).*
Helen Maria Williams
On Theatres and Cafés in revolutionary Paris (1792).
Helen Maria Williams, On the Lycée (1792).
Letters on the French Revolution (1790), Letter 23 (on conversation).
Dorothy Wordsworth
Alfoxden Journal (1798).
Grasmere Journal (1800).
William Wordsworth
Preface of Lyrical Ballads (1800).
Prelude (1850).
William Woty
White Conduit House (1760).
[Anon.]
The Character of a Coffee-House (1673).
The London-Spy Compleat (1699).*
Verses Written for the Toasting-Glasses of the Kit-Kat Club (1703).
Taylor in The London Tradesman (1747).*
The Female Tatler 9 (25-27 July 1709).
The Connoisseur, no. 82 (Thursday, August 21, 1755).*
The Gentleman's Magazine, no. 58 (11 February 1731), pp. 56-57 (‘Grub Street Journal‘).*
The Gentleman's Magazine, no. 155 (25 September 1731), pp. 388-89 (‘Of Dress and Modesty‘).*
The Gentleman's Magazine, II, n°18 (June 1732), p. 820 ('Spring Gardens').
The London Spy Compleat (1703), part 1.
The Public Advertiser, volume 6, issue 8882 (22 Apr. 1763).*
The Scots Magazine, July 1739, p. 363 (‘An Evening at Vaux-hall’).
Ranelagh Advertisements (May 1769).*
Sir Gregory Gigg; or, the city beau (c. 1780).
The Times, no. 1284 (6 February 1789).*
The Young lady's pocket library, Or Parental monitor (1793), p. 21-22.
The Sporting Magazine (1793).*
People
Lyonell Beacher, Wonders if not miracles (1665), p. 5-8.
Richard Blackmore, The Kit-Cats (1708).
Henry Fielding, Jonathan Wild The Great, book 3, chapter 14.
Gilbert Burnet, History of my own time (1734).*
Taylor in The London Tradesman (1747).*
David Hume “Of National Characters” (1748).
The Connoisseur, no. 82 (Thursday, August 21, 1755).*
Horace Walpole, Letter to Conway, Thursday 12 February 1756.
Oliver Goldsmith, The Life of Richard Nash (1762).
Horace Walpole, Letter to Thomas Gray, 25 January 1766.
Madame Du Deffand to Horace Walpole, Sunday 8 August 1773.
James Boswell, Life of Johnson (1776).
James Boswell, "The Hypochondriack, no. XXXIX" (1780).*
Sir Gregory Gigg; or, the city beau (c. 1780).
Manon Roland, Mémoires de Madame Roland, tome 2, p.10-11.
Horace Walpole to Mary Berry (1795).
William Wilberforce, A Practical View of the Prevailing Religious System of Professed Christians (1797).*
Mme de Genlis, Salon de Mme du Deffand (1825).
Practices
Samuel Pepys, The Diary of Samuel Pepys (1662/63).
Philosophical Transactions, vol. 1 (6 March 1664/5).
Lyonell Beacher, Wonders if not miracles (1665), p. 5-8.
Samuel Pepys, The Diary of Samuel Pepys (1667).
Memoirs, Illustrative of the Life And Writings of John Evelyn (1696).
Ned Ward on Clubs (1709).
The Female Tatler 9 (25-27 July 1709).
The Spectator, no. 10 (12 March 1711) by Joseph Addison.
Peter Motteux, A Poem upon Tea (1712).*
Jonathan Swift, Hints Toward an Essay on Conversation (c. 1713).
Peter Shaw, The Juice of the Grape (1724).*
Daniel Defoe on races (1724).
Mary Astell's Preface to Lady Mary Montagu’s letters (1724).
Daniel Defoe, The Fortunate Mistress [Roxana] (1724), p. 210-216.
James Forrester, The Polite Philosopher (1734).*
Gilbert Burnet, History of my own time (1734).*
Erasmus Jones, "Rules for walking the Streets and other Publick Places" (1737).*
John Wesley, The Nature, Design, and General Rules, of the United Societies (1743).
David Fordyce, Dialogues Concerning Education (1745).*
Letter from Mme de Staal to la marquise Du Deffand, (15 August 1747).*
Samuel Richardson, Clarissa (1748), iii, p. 42-4.
Letter from Elie Fréron to D'Hemery (1753).*
Denis Diderot, “Entretiens sur le Fils Naturelˮ (1757).
Voltaire, Letter to D'Argental (1762).*
The Public Advertiser, volume 6, issue 8882 (22 Apr. 1763).*
Christopher Anstey, The New Bath Guide (1766), pp. 70-80 ("Letter XI. A Description of the Ball, with an Episode on Beau Nash").
Royal Academy Instrument of Foundation (1768).
Edmund Burke, Speech to the electors of Bristol (1774).
Frances Burney, 'A Musical Evening at Dr Burney's' (1775).*
Frances Burney, 'Another Musical Evening at Dr Burney's' (1775).*
James Boswell, Life of Johnson (1776).
Peter Beckford, Thoughts upon hunting (London, 1782), p. 214-215.
Minute Book of the Highland Society of London (1784).
Frances Burney, Memoirs of Doctor Burney (1832), vol. 2, p. 9-18.
Susan Burney, The Journals and Letters, p. 84-87 (16 November 1779).*
Jean Baptiste Grosier, Nouvelles de la République des Lettres (1779).
Choderlos de Laclos, Les Liaisons dangereuses (1779), letter 81.
The Public Advertiser, no. 14521 (Thursday, Apr. 26, 1781).*
William Cowper, Conversation (1782).
Hannah More, The Bas Bleu (1786).
Helen Maria Williams , Letters on the French Revolution (1790), Letter 23 (on conversation).
Helen Maria Williams, On Theatres and Cafés in revolutionary Paris (1792).
The Young lady's pocket library, Or Parental monitor (1793), p. 21-22.
The Sporting Magazine (1793).*
The Trial of Thomas Hardy for High Treason (1794).
Dorothy Wordsworth, Alfoxden Journal (1798).
Dorothy Wordsworth, Grasmere Journal (1800).
Jane Austen, Emma (1815), Ch.III.ii.284-97.
Objects
Charles Montagu, Earl of Halifax, "Verses, Written for the Toasting-glasses of the Kit-Cat Club" (1703)
Verses Written for the Toasting-Glasses of the Kit-Kat Club (1703).
Joseph Addison, "On The Lady Manchester" (b. 1719).
Francis Nichols, The British compendium (1725), p. iv-viii.
The Gentleman's Magazine, no. 58 (11 February 1731), pp. 56-57 (‘Grub Street Journal‘).*
The Gentleman's Magazine, no. 155 (25 September 1731), pp. 388-89 (‘Of Dress and Modesty‘).*
Horace Wapole, Strawberry-hill (1774).
The Times, no. 1284 (6 February 1789).*
Choderlos de Laclos, Journal des Amis de la Constitution, 8 février 1791.
Rifa‘a Rafi‘ al-Tahtawi, An Imam in Paris. Account of a Stay in France by an Egyptian Cleric (1826-1831).
Rifa‘a Rafi‘ Al-Tahtawi, An Imam in Paris. Account of a Stay in France by an Egyptian Cleric (1826-1831), p. 150-154.
Places
Anon., The Character of a Coffee-House (1673)
The London Spy Compleat (1703), part 1.
Jonathan Swift, A Description of a City Shower (1711).
The Spectator, no. 49 (26 April 1711) by Richard Steele.
The Spectator, no. 69 (19 May 1711) by Joseph Addison.
The Spectator, no. 383 (20 May 1712) by Joseph Addison.
The Spectator, no. 454 (11 August 11 1712), by Richard Steele.
John Gay, Walking the Streets of London (1716), book 1, lines 1-82.
Thomas Brown, Works Serious and Comical, 1720, vol. 3, p. 44-45 ("The Walks").*
The Gentleman's Magazine, II, n°18 (June 1732), p. 820 ('Spring Gardens').
The Scots Magazine, July 1739, p. 363 (‘An Evening at Vaux-hall’).
Horace Walpole, Letter to Conway, Thursday 12 February 1756.
White Conduit House by William Woty (1760)
Elizabeth Montagu, Letter to The Chronicle (December 1762).
Ranelagh Advertisements (May 1769).*
Tobias George Smollett, The Expedition of Humphry Clinker (1771), vol. 1, p. 126-131 (M. Bramble to Dr. Lewis, London, 20 May).
Tobias George Smollett, The Expedition of Humphry Clinker (1771), vol. 1, p. 1-11 (M. Bramble to Dr. Lewis, Edinburgh, 8 Aug.).
Horace Wapole, Strawberry-hill (1774).
Helen Maria Williams, On the Lycée (1792).
Literary Anecdotes of the Eighteenth Century (1812).*
Charles Dickens, The Pickwick Papers (1836-37), chap. 10.
Charles Dickens, The Pickwick Papers (1836-37), chap. 21.
Charles Dickens, Household Words (1852).
Concepts
Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France (1790).
Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621).
Thomas Hobbes, Philosophicall Rudiments Concerning Government and Society (1651), "De Cive", chap. 1.
Katherine Philips, Heartfelt Words for a Friend (1678).
The London-Spy Compleat (1699).*
The Spectator, no. 11 (13 March 1711) by Richard Steele.
The Spectator, no. 68 (18 May 1711), by Joseph Addison.
Lord Shaftesbury, Characteristicks of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times (1711), "The Moralists", Part 1, Section 1.
The Spectator, no. 433 (17 July 1712) by Joseph Addison.
Jonathan Swift, A Proposal for Correcting, Improving, and Ascertaining the English Tongue (1712).*
Bernard Mandeville, The Fable of the Bees (1714), lines 197-304.
Richard Baxter, The Signs and Causes of Melancholy (1716).*
Timothy Greated, An Essay on Friendship (1726).*
Nicholas Robinson, A New System of the Spleen, Vapours, and Hypochondriack Melancholy (1729).*
David Hume, Of The Love of Fame (1734).
Samuel Richardson, Clarissa (1748), Letter LV.
Francis Hutcheson, Reflections upon Laughter (1750).
William Cowper , 'On conversation', The Connoisseur no.138 (16 September 1756).
David Hume, Of the Standard of Taste (1757).
Philip Dormer Stanhope, Letters of Philip Dormer, fourth earl of Chesterfield, to his Son (1774), 139 (10 January 1765).*
Philip Dormer Stanhope, Letters of Philip Dormer, fourth earl of Chesterfield, to his Son (1774), 161 (26 August 1766).*
Oliver Goldsmith, on female beauty (1774).
David Hume, Essays, Moral, and Political, and Literary, "On Refinement in the Arts" (1741, 1777).
The Public Advertiser, no. 14521 (Thursday, Apr. 26, 1781).*
William Gilpin on picturesque beauty (1792)
John Haslam, Observations on Insanity (1798).*
Erasmus Darwin, The Progress of Society (c. 1799).
Joseph Farington's Diary (1803).*