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West End of London [ Cities / Institutions ]
… and drinking. Hence masculine society high and low was based around the tavern, generating a sociability based around song and obscenity. Wealthier men also met in coffee houses. The best known included the Grecian off the Strand and … he knew well. Protagonists could enter exclusive institutions such as the King's Theatre but also slum it in the song and supper rooms of Covent Garden. By the beginning of the nineteenth century, it was clear that the West End was …
Aristocracy | Consumption | Clubs | Elite | Gambling | Gender | Opera
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Ned Ward [ Commerce / Art and Literature ]
… The contents also suggest that its anticipated audience was a collective one. The use of the plural in ‘A drinking song’ is instructive: Then fill about And when its out Our Measure let us double, He’s only blest That drinks the best, …
Clubs | Humour | Impoliteness | Politics | Satire | Sex | Taverns
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