… and Gambling in Eighteenth-Century England (New Haven & London: Yale University Press, 2012), p. 192. Julia’s initial enthusiasm hints at the joy of gambling as an escape from the advice and ‘improving conversation’ that seeks to mould her …
… onto the stage (as audiences were wont to do) was not the only way that members of the public could express their enthusiasm for dance. They could also learn and dance some of the theatrical national dance steps seen onstage in the …
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… Advertiser, April 15 and April 16 1763, signed ‘Write More‘ and ‘A Constant Correspondent‘. 11 . Jon Mee, Romanticism, Enthusiasm and Regulation: Poetics and the Policing of Culture in the Romantic Period (Oxford University Press, 2003), p. …
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… the Truth of what appeared, and to encourage [ Greatrakes ] to give this Account to the World’ ( Greatrakes 96). This enthusiasm surrounding the appearance of Valentine Greatrakes highlights the new social climate that pervaded Britain and …
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… at her side. If she had hoped that her fortunes would improve in London, what she found there failed to ignite her enthusiasm. There were no paintings museums – the National Gallery would not open its doors until 1824 – and though …
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