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Hester Lynch Thrale Piozzi [ Art and Literature / Travel ]
… It remained unpublished during her lifetime. 7 In 1776, Henry Thrale presented his wife with six handsome blank quarto volumes, the Thraliana , in which Hester began to jot down her own English ‘ ana ’: a collection of anecdotes and … – all in all, a medley from which many insights into eighteenth-century sociable practices can be gleaned. The second volume particularly focuses on interesting bon mots , anecdotes, and conversational snippets concerning Samuel Johnson, …
Bluestockings | Commerce | Friendship | Italy | Literature | Politics
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Mary Berry [ Art and Literature ]
Bluestockings | Correspondence | Literature | Travel | Theatre
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Patronage [ Politics & Society / Social interaction ]
… matter, the length and the format of the book he wanted to undertake – often large-scale enterprises like a multi-volume history or a collection of engravings that had high production costs – and then tried to find as many buyers … besides obtaining the book, was the inclusion of their names in a list of subscribers printed at the front of the volume. Due to the public nature of the list and the mutually supportive role of social association (both subscribers and …
Aristocracy | Art | Commerce | Exhibitions | Literature | Patronage | Subscription
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Joseph Addison [ Art and Literature / Politics ]
… by men and women throughout the British Isles. In collected form, Addison’s essays would be published as a set of volumes that would be reprinted constantly throughout the eighteenth century. In the early nineteenth century, Nathan …
Literature | Manners | Periodicals | Politeness | Whigs | Wit
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