… any lapse of it that may tend to affect the character of gentleman, is punishable by formal expulsion from peculiar association, and ultimately, with loss of privileges, from society in general.’ The British Code of Duel: A Reference to …
Conversation
[ Communication / Education / Social interaction / Language & Speech ]
… 13 By the middle of the eighteenth century, conversation occupied an important place in English culture but its association with polite French conversation was increasingly contentious. At issue was the desire to produce an English …
Children | Controversy | Gentleman | Masculinity | Politeness | Science | Women