… feel an encrease of humanity, from the very habit of conversing together, and contributing to each other's pleasure and entertainment. Thus industry , knowledge , and humanity , are linked together by an indissoluble chain, and are found, …
… to the editor in the Gentleman’s Magazine (1773) describes an invitation to a grocer’s house and a visit to a public entertainment with the grocer’s family, who are living above their station: ‘I found his wife and three daughters were …
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