The Secret History of Clubs, 1709 [ Practices / Places ]
… Besides, how Ridiculous is it for such mix'd Societies to have their set meetings at Taverns and Ale-Houses, in hopes, by the efficacy of a 'few insignificant Orders, to preserve themselves … that may tempt us to give a Loose to our inordinate Desires for certainly, no number of Prudent Men would' Constitute a Meeting at a Publick Bawdy-House , and there propose, by a Table of Laws against Fornication and Adultery, to fortify … propose by it, that it is impossible a sober Decorum Should ever be preserv'd in those Societies who establish constant meetings in. such Houses, where the utmost Arts and Subtilties are daily practis'd to decoy their Benefacors into a …
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