Hell-fire Clubs [ Clubs & Societies / Association ]
… ‘do not merit the Title of Men, but should be used like Brutes’. 6 Broadsheets were distributed, decrying the demonic nature of these societies. In A Further and Particular Account of the Hell-Fire, Sulphur Society Clubs (1721), a list of … Naias victorem victa subegit’ (‘here the vanquished naiad subdued the conquering satyr’) likewise point to the erotic nature of the gardens ( ibid ). In 1751, Dashwood leased the abbey at Medmenham, some miles removed from West Wycombe and … landscape at the time. The sparse references made by members of the Brotherhood corroborate the Hell-fire Club’s sexual nature, such as a letter from Sir William Stanhope, where he assures the Brotherhood that they have his prayers, …
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