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William Wilberforce (the sociable voice of abolition) [ Politics ]
… of public entertainments, since he made a distinction between ‘innocent relaxation’ and an unbridled passion for gaming in an essay published in 1797, A Practical View of the Prevailing Religious System of Professed Christians, in the …
Abolition | Activism | Benevolence | Charity | Evangelicalism | Friendship | Philanthropy | Religion | Slavery
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English theatre in Enlightenment France [ Literary & Artistic genres ]
… the remorse that brings him back to virtuous sociability. The eponymous hero of Béverlei is consumed by his passion for gaming. Deceived by Stukéli who had pretended to be his friend, Béverlei brings his family to ruin then, imprisoned, …
Anglomania | Audience | Emotions | Enlightenment | Friendship | Theatre | Translation
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