The Connoisseur 15 (1754) [ Practices ]
… rather the bufiness than amusement of our perfons of quality; that their whole attention is employed in this important article, and that they are more concerned about the transactions of The two clubs at White's than the proceedings of both … (in imitation of Swift ) any body was to publish a specimen of Polite Converfation , instead of old sayings and trite repartees he would in all probability fill his dialogues with little more than bet after bet, or now and then a calculation … intrigue. During the publication of the Tatler , Sir Richard Steel thought proper to date all his love-news from that quarter: but it would now be as absurd to pretend to gather any such intelligence from White's ; as to send to Batson's for …
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