Roxana (1724) [ Practices ]
… and we began to be very merry, when about eleven o’clock I had notice given me that there were some gentlemen coming in masquerade. I seemed a little surprised and began to apprehend some disturbance, when my Lord — — perceiving it, spoke to … then asked me if I had a mind to dance an antic, that is to say, whether I would dance the antic as they had danced in masquerade, or anything by myself. I told him anything else rather, if he pleased; so we danced only two French dances, … week, and so the name Roxana was the toast at and about the Court; no other health was to be named with it." … Fiction … Masquerade … Beauty … Court … Dance … Gentleman … Taken from Daniel Defoe, The Fortunate Mistress: Or, A History of the …
Fiction | Masquerade | Beauty | Court | Dance | Gentleman
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