… Princeton University Press, 2017), p. 405. 6 . Duncan Forbes, Some Considerations on the Present State of Scotland (Edinburgh: Sands, 1744), p. 7; quoted in Mintz, p. 114. 7 . Markman Ellis (ed.), Literary Representations of Tea and the …
John Thelwall
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… An early lecture on William Godwin ’s Political Justice was initially offered to raise funds to send LCS members to the Edinburgh Convention, but it was sufficiently successful that he repeated the lecture and wrote more, which he delivered …
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Conversation
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… p. 139. 8 . Jonathan Swift, Hints Towards an Essay on Conversation [1713] in The Works of Jonathan Swift, 2 vols. (Edinburgh: William P. Nimmo, 1869), vol. 2, p. 294. 9 . James Forrester, The Polite Philosopher [1734], (Dublin: Robert …
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… embodiment of their mutual affection: 3 . Lady Mary Campbell Coke, The Letters and Journals of Lady Mary Coke , vol. 2 (Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1889), p. 116-137. ‘About three days ago Mr. Bocher put a very pretty snuff-box in my hand. I …
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… spas, offer a different perspective on the matter. 6 . Basil Hall, Travels in North America in the Years 1827 and 1828 (Edinburgh, 1829), vol. II, p. 7 ff. 7 . Baron de Montlezun, Souvenirs des Antilles, t. 1; voyages en 1815 et 1816 aux …
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… societies devoted to science and general learning. Formally constituted scientific institutions in London, Dublin, and Edinburgh inspired the creation of a large number of less formal groups throughout the British Isles. Conversation …
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… in the wake of the notoriously hostile reviews directed at the ‘Cockney School of Poetry’, which appeared in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine and The Quarterly Review in 1818 – the basic tenets of a meliorism founded in fellowship would …