Hell-fire Clubs [ Clubs & Societies / Association ]
… of Grub Street (57). While there is little evidence pointing towards orgiastic happenings at Wharton’s Hell-fire Club, a letter from Lady Mary Montagu hints at a Hell-fire-adjacent society – the Schemers – of which Wharton was a ‘chief … Edward Young’s Night Thoughts (1742-45) or the rakes in Samuel Richardson ’s Clarissa Harlowe (1748). 8 . The Complete Letters of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (Oxford Scholarly Editions Online, … much speculation, both in the press and in literature. John Wilkes’ description of the gardens, which he provided in a letter to his friend John Almon, was widely disseminated, and if not for the public fallout between him and another …
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