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Pleasure gardens [ Sports & Leisure ]
… of national identity. 2 Some of these originated from the grounds surrounding places of diverse use (e.g. manor houses, taverns), while others have their roots in older but similar spatial projects, like the New Spring Gardens, … can be seen among other markers of modernity which accompanied the growth of the public sphere, including spaces like coffeehouses, salons or assembly rooms in England and France, and activities like art exhibitions. These commercial venues …
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Snuffbox [ Art & Luxury / Clothing & Fashion / Social interaction / Taste & Manners / Rituals & Ceremonies ]
… the young merchants about the Exchange for two hours every day at noon, except Saturdays, at a toy-shop near Garraway’s coffee-house . There will be likewise taught the ceremony of the snuff-box, or rules for offering snuff to a stranger, a friend, …
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Bath (and the reinvention of spa sociability) [ Cities / Politics & Society ]
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