Mary Delany [ Art and Literature / Reading & Writing ]
… sole purpose of conversation, and were different in no respect from other parties, but that the company did not play at cards. 10 Diffident of cards, the Bluestockings also disregarded politics and scandal but aimed to combat the domestic vision of women, showing …
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