… his wife Eva and to lionize Samuel Johnson and Horace Walpole . What has been called ‘the Complicated Temptation of the theatre’ 2 reveals a tension at the heart of her early life between indulging in the pleasures of sociability, albeit … it. This appears in the Thoughts where she stressed that ‘action’ was ‘the life of virtue and the world [… ] the noblest theatre of action.’ ( Thoughts 70) This ambivalence, being ‘in the world’ but not ‘of the world,’ shows her …
… sites of industry and commerce, witness scientific experiments and attend lectures, concerts, military reviews and the theatre. As the eighteenth century progressed, they became increasingly interested in nature, touring the Alps, cruising …
… Ramsay attended the Via Del Corso parade in Rome and, to take part in the carnival evening organised at the Aliberti theatre, he even acquired a costume and a mask as explained in his diary: ‘Wednesday 26th [of February 1783] Went to … masque was the Pope's neice who was dress'd in a Turkish habit and had a great quantity of Jewels in her Turban. The Theatre which is very large being all light up from the top to the bottom had a very fine effect. Came home in Mr …
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