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Electoral sociability [ Politics & Society ]
… politics could be combined with horseracing. Even without such grand meetings, elections occasioned social visits and letters between those seeking to marshal an ‘interest’ behind a candidate. The well-attended Grosvenor canvassing party …
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Rake [ Politics & Society / Character / Social interaction ]
… ’s 1748 novel Clarissa . The book continued Richardson’s didactic intent, already on display in his 1741 Familiar Letters , which offered templates for appropriate written correspondence between intimate friends and relatives. But it … 6 . The epistolary format, with the parallel correspondences of both characters and Lovelace’s practice of intercepting letters, does add a layer to the conflict between the two protagonists. ‘But she was a thief, an impostor, as well as a …
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Diplomats in London (1660-1714) [ Politics / Travel ]
… III comme l’unique garante de son immunité. 8 6 . L’Hermitage correspondance, BL. Add. Ms 17677 ; Jean Frédéric’s letters, BL Add. Ms 30 000. 7 . Sur l’accès du public à Westminster, on consultera : Chris R. Kyle, ‘Public space, …
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