Enemies and false friends [ Antagonism & Resistance ]
… susceptible to the dangers of false friendship. Lord Chesterfield warned his son Philip in his widely successful Letters about the dangers of ‘incontinency of friendship’ among one’s peers. While he did not suggest shunning the … Manchester University Press, 1993), pp. 100–115. 11 . Mary Robinson draws attention to this gendered disparity in a Letter to the Women of England (London, 1799), p. 5: ‘If a man receives an insult, he is justified in seeking … Routledge, 2019), pp. 166–7, 76. 16 . Anon. [attributed to Judith Drake], An Essay in Defence of the Female Sex. In a Letter to a Lady. Written by a Lady (4th edn, London, 1721), p. 102. Polite ladies and gentlemen were thus advised to be …
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