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Letter to Samuel Crisp (1775) [ People / Practices ]
… he only shewed himself at the Door, where he Bowed to M r Chamier, who had met with him elsewhere. I felt myself so Dwarfish by his high Highness, that I could not forbear whispering Mr Chamier 'Lord, how I hate' those enormous Tall men!' … ' que trois Enfant ? She vows she was irresistably led to make this queer answer at the moment, but was sorry afterwards, for the Prince laughed immoderately; & went immediately to Lord Bruce, & repeated ce que Madame avoit dit—with … as to my Girls, even if they succeed, they will, in a few years, be parted;—at least they hope so!' Mr. Chamier joined warmly in the Chorus of praise; he got himself into a little snug recess behind a Book Case, &, as he & I were engaged in …
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Mary Delany [ Art and Literature / Reading & Writing ]
… Image Henrietta Ward, 'The Queens Lodge, Windsor, in 1786', 1872, Walker Art Gallery. Image Mary Delany by John Opie, NPG 1030. Abstract … In 1782, the number and celebrity of her guests led her to neglect Hannah More ’s conversation, which she soon afterwards apologized for in a letter: 'I hope you have not suffered from the pleasure you bestowed on me last Saturday. I was … Johnson , Samuel Pepys , Horace Walpole , in precise, unbroken semi-circles opposite the fireside, to paraphrase Edward Burney ’s description. 11 Although Mary Delany’s name is not mentioned in Hannah More’s poem (neither is Hester …
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The Philadelphia Dancing Assembly (1749–1849) [ Sports & Leisure ]
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Parish churches [ Institutions ]
… to name just a few (see the collation of church records for Earls Colne in Essex (1375-1854) and the list of churchwardens’ accounts for England and Wales hosted by My-Parish ) . Many were kept in large chests with multiple locks … and the early Industrial Revolution. 12 There were local variations but also general fault lines (over e.g. loyalty towards the regime, the legitimacy of certain ceremonies or revivalist movements such as Methodism), 13 not to speak of … effigies to family mausoleums, ensured that even long-gone dignitaries retained a form of presence. At St Saviour, Southwark, an eighteenth-century survey featured no fewer than 39 monuments, including ‘a fine black and white marble tomb, on …
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