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Mohock scare [ Feelings & Emotions / Publicity ]
… and offices were conferred upon members depending on their specific abilities. Some ‘are call’d the Dancing-Masters, and teach their Scholars to cut Capers by running Swords thro’ their legs’, others, named ‘Tumblers’, ‘commit certain … noted that the topic had become intensely politicized, drawing attention away from other serious issues, seeking instead ‘to keep the Mob honest’. 19 15 . Thornton Shirley Graves, ‘Some Pre-Mohock Clansmen’, Studies in Philology (vol. …
Clans | Gentleman | Masculinity | Rake | Violence
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Duelling [ Politics & Society ]
… speak disrespectfully of any Woman, is Expulsion from our gentle Society. As we are at present all of us Gown-men, instead of duelling when we are Rivals, we drink together the Health of our Mistress.’ 8 In another essay, he attacks the … hero fights a duel with Fitzpatrick. In Amelia , Dr Harrison finds that the defence of honour is incompatible with the teachings of religion (Andrew 44). In Smollett’s Roderick Random , the hero is always ready to fight a duel, paying …
Antagonism | Aristocracy | Disorder | Gentleman | Honour | Law | Masculinity | Mundanity | Religion
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Betting book [ Sports & Gaming accessories ]
… the first bet on that topic was made on December 13th, 1774, when ‘Ld. Bolingbroke betts Mr. Fox 150, to 50, that the Tea Act is not repealed this Session.’ The social and cultural function of the betting book The betting book offers a …
Conflict | Conviviality | Gambling | Gentleman
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