… to close, he must have the advantage. The fair and manly method of boxing is however only here spoken of, when both parties stand up to each other, without either shifting or dropping. But it must be acknowledged, that the art is of …
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… noblesse oblige or disinterested generosity. It was in effect an ‘economic’ arrangement that provided benefits to both parties’. 3 Both gain cultural recognition in this exchange. The values exchanged in this ‘economy’ of patronage are …
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… Seroux d'Agincourt (1730-1814). John Ramsay did not specify the subjects of the discussions at these dinner parties. He did, however, indicate on several occasions that the guests brought British newspapers, pamphlets and works …
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… often with All the Young Men of Rank that travail’. 9 Byres regularly had guests for breakfast and he hosted dinner parties at his home for travellers who were potential customers for his art dealing and architecture business. This was …
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… Henry Fuseli as well as Joseph Priestley and William Godwin but there is no certainty about how many of Johnson’s dinner parties Blake attended. 10 Blake benefited from the Johnson circle; he met, for example, Thomas Holcroft who …
… emptied in front of an audience that remained for a large part anonymous – indeed, bidders could be agents for third parties or even buying-in their own goods to ensure that sales did not translate into loss. There remained powerful …