… and conviviality. People > Association Practices > Associational culture Keywords Blasphemy Diaries Grand Tour Politics Religion Secrecy Travel The history of Sir Francis Dashwood, 11 th Baron le Despencer (1708-1781), is marked by … of King George the Third, 4 vols. [1845] (2018), vol. I, p. 171-175. … Blasphemy … Diaries … Grand Tour … Politics … Religion … Secrecy … Travel … Francis Dashwood …
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… texts are characterized by a formal and thematic diversity. All subjects are approached with some severe restrictions on religion and politics, although this concerns England less than France. 1 This diversity encourages a wider audience, …
… amongst its readers. 4 . Sir Richard Steele, The Christian Hero: An Argument Proving that no Principles But those of Religion Are sufficient to make a Great Man, seventh edition (London: Jacob Tonson, 1722), p. 59. 5 . Tatler 5, 21 April …
… their personalities as charismatic ‘men on horseback’ who could break through old traditions and forge new nations. 17 Religion remained an important source of charismatic power in the age of Enlightenment: aside from famous churchmen such …
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… [...] compels me not to dare to utter what is false, or conceal what is true. […] What I know of truth, or morals, of religion, of government it compels me to communicate [...]’ (Philp, IV, iv, App. ii, 131 ), he had little idea how …