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Samuel Taylor Coleridge [ Art and Literature ]
… It emphasizes the importance of domestic affections for the formation of human character and social sympathy . People > Art and Literature Keywords Affection Benevolence Conversation Family Friendship Imagination Patriotism Science Sympathy … on his knee, and hold long conversations with me’ (CL I, 354). Young Samuel was only nine when his father died from a heart attack just after the departure of Francis for Bengal. The child was heart-broken, his sadness enhanced by his being sent off by his mother to …
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Samuel Pepys [ Art and Literature / Politics ]
… relationships with a wide range of Londoners, along with his changing patterns of sociability across his life. People > Art and Literature People > Politics Keywords Diaries Family Hospitality Navy Patronage Samuel Pepys’s impressive social … about making himself ‘known’ in London’s principal forums. He was already a very familiar face in Westminster Hall . Part of the Pal ace of Westminster and adjoining the Houses of Parliament, the Hall was a venue for well-off Londoners to … of groups. One such group that attracted Pepys was the newly formed Royal Society, which received its first royal charter in 1662. With the King’s backing, empirical science was a fashionable pursuit for gentlemen. Pepys joined in …
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Friendship [ Social interaction / Character / Feelings & Emotions ]
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Reading [ Reading & Writing ]
… to the rising social role and collective power of this seemingly private practice. Reading certainly was at the heart of the eighteenth-century enlightenment and was not only tied to the rising levels of literacy but also encouraged various forms of communication and interaction, including the feeling of being part of a wider network of beliefs and world-views, sensitivity and empathy. 1 1 . The transition from manuscript to … was so strong that it easily dominated over the individual and solitary act, for instance in some of the book clubs, particularly those popular with men. These were places where talking, drinking and other forms of conviviality almost …
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