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Betting book [ Sports & Gaming accessories ]
… eighteenth-century Britain. More than a simple book used for recording the wagers made by a select company of clubmen or college fellows, the betting book provides a snapshot of a complex recreational practice that not only promoted social … Britain. More than a simple leisure accessory used for recording the wagers made by a select company of clubmen or college fellows, the betting book provides a snapshot of a complex recreational practice that not only promoted social … all the wagers made between Fellows in the Senior Common Rooms. The Senior Common Room (SRC) served as a base for the college’s senior staff members and students, offering to them a genuine collegiate atmosphere of conviviality, …
Conflict | Conviviality | Gambling | Gentleman
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Royal Society [ Institutions / Clubs & Societies ]
Civility | Cosmopolitanism | Fellowship | France | Gentleman | Science
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The Spectator, No. 10 (12 March 1711) [ Practices ]
… and I shall be ambitious to have it said of me, that I have brought Philosophy out of Closets and Libraries, Schools and Colleges, to dwell in Clubs and Assemblies, at Tea-tables, and in Coffee houses. I would therefore in a very particular …
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Voltaire (and his social networks) [ Association ]
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Humphry Clinker (1771) [ Places ]
… models from those of England, except in a few particular establishments, the necessary consequences of the union.—Their college of justice is a bench of great dignity, filled with judges of character and ability.—I have heard some causes …
Fiction | Scotland | Correspondence | Architecture
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Joseph Addison [ Art and Literature / Politics ]
… his lifelong friend and collaborator, Richard Steele , and later at Oxford University. After matriculating at Queen’s College, Addison was elected to a fellowship at Magdalen College, Oxford in 1689, just after the Glorious Revolution. During his time at Magdalen, Addison befriended the … and I shall be ambitious to have it said of me, that I have brought Philosophy out of Closets and Libraries, Schools and Colleges, to dwell in Clubs and Assemblies, at Tea-tables, and in Coffee houses.‘ ( The Spectator, n° 10, 12 March 1711 ) …
Literature | Manners | Periodicals | Politeness | Whigs | Wit
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Henry Oldenburg (and the Philosophical Transactions) [ Science ]
… involved with the Royal Society . Although he was not present at the founding meeting, 1 which took place at Gresham College on 28 November 1660, his name was on a list of forty prospective members. He accepted the invitation and … Boyle’s influence, Oldenburg was introduced to the group of experimental scientists who met in Wilkins’s rooms in Wadham College. This was the group which would later be instrumental in the creation of the Royal Society, and it was …
Community | Correspondence | Networks | France | Science
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The Bas Bleu (1786) [ People / Practices ]
… Beauties; Bishops who preach, and Peers who pay, And Countesses who seldom play; Learn'd Antiquaries, who, from college, Reject the rust, and bring the knowledge; And, hear it, age, believe it, youth, Polemics, really seeking truth; … vigils to produce Materials for thy future use; Calls forth the else neglected knowledge, Of school, of travel, and of college. If none behold, ah! wherefore fair? Ah! wherefore wise, if none must hear? Our intellectual ore must shine, Not …
Bluestockings | Women | Greece
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