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William Gilpin and picturesque unsociability [ Art and Literature ]
… from one levee to another. ( Mary Granville 91-92) The unsociable correspondent preferred written conversation to meetings. In an 1801 letter, he explained how he managed to cope with the afflux of visitors he had to deal with because …
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Phaeton [ Transport ]
… London’s beau monde paraded along this lit track dressed in their best clothes, riding in their ornate carriages, and meeting one another out in their carriages and speaking to passers-by. At the opening of parliament, the formal …
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