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Assemblies in Rome (1781) [ Practices ]
… four, or more, of the nobility, have these assemblies at the same time; and almost all the company of a certain rank in Rome make it a point, if they go to any, to go to all; so that, although there is a great deal of bustle, and a continual … his wife, in public, would not be tolerated. At Cardinal Berni’s assembly, which is usually more crowded than any in Rome, the company are served with coffee, lemonade, and iced confections of various kinds; but this custom is not … acquainted with, you bow to the rest, and enjoy the happiness of being squeezed and pressed among the best company in Rome. I do not know what more can be said of these assemblies; only it may be necessary, to prevent mistakes, to add, …
Grand Tour | Italy | Assemblies | Conversation | Diplomacy
Anthology
William and Emma Hamilton [ Aristocracy / Travel ]
Dance | Diplomacy | Entertainement | Grand Tour | Italy | Travel
Encyclopedia
John Ramsay (and his Italian diary) [ Travel / Art and Literature / Diaries & Letters ]
Art | Cosmopolitanism | Diaries | Diplomacy | Education | Entertainement | Grand Tour | Italy
Encyclopedia
Autobiography, 1784 [ Places / Practices ]
… insists on its being eaten stand- ing; whereas we know that Jesus Christ reclined on a triclinium, as was the usage of Rome and of the times. Nay, perhaps he was pleased to do so that such disputes should not arise; or, if arising, that his …
Grand Tour | Women | Conversation
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