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Assemblies in Rome (1781) [ Practices ]
… the experiment is pushed, it always terminates in new disappointments, yet, at last, the evening is dispatched; and, without this locomotive resource, I have seen people in danger of dispatching themselves. This bustle, and running about after objects which give no permanent satisfaction, and without fully knowing whence we came, or whither we are going, you’ll say, is a mighty silly business. It is so;—and, … that in which the company are assembled, where you are received by the master or mistress of the house, who sits exactly within the door for that purpose. Having made a short compliment there, you mix with the company, which is sometimes so …
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Casanova in London (1763) [ People ]
… might have known that I would not condescend to be present in the modest manner you indicated.” This address, delivered with an ironical accent, embarrassed Madame Cornelis, but Lady Harrington, a great supporter of hers, came to her rescue. … from M. de Seingalt, who, I fancy, is an old friend of yours. Nevertheless, I did not dare to tell him so,” she added, with a sly glance in my direction. “Why not, my lady? I have known Madame Cornelis for many years.” “I should think you … is the image of you.” “Yes, it is a freak of nature.” “I think there is something more than a freak in this instance.” With these words the lady took Sophie’s hand, and leaning on my arm she led us through the crowd, and I had to bear in …
Assemblies | Music | Women
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Parish churches [ Institutions ]
… Image Emanuel de Witte, 'A Sermon in the Old Church in Delft', c. 1650 oil on oak, 73.2 x 59.5 cm. Purchased 1983 with the assistance of a grant from the Government of Canada under the terms of the Cultural Property Export and Import … in terms of the long-term evolution of interiors and the highly contested arrangements for seating and burial locations within churches. Places > Institutions Keywords Architecture Assemblies Catholicism Churches Dissent Hierarchy Politics …
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Letter to Samuel Crisp (1775) [ People / Practices ]
… likewise a shoulder knot of the same precious Jewels, & a Picture of the Empress Hung from his Neck, which was set round with Diamonds of such magnitude & lustre that, when near the Candle, they were too dazzling for the Eye. His Jewels, Dr. … where the music was, was so Crowded 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, … body, he would immediately retire:—he desired him, therefore, to re-seat himself, & when Mr Brudenal demurred, he said, with a Laugh (in answer to Mr B.'s pressing him to take his seat) ' Non, non, Monsieur, je ne veux pas, absolument/]e …
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Elizabeth (Robinson) Montagu [ Art and Literature ]
… and Elizabeth Drake Robinson, were well connected among the Yorkshire gentry, her father having gained a reputation as a wit in London coffee houses, besides excelling as an amateur painter of landscapes. The family later moved to Kent where Elizabeth’s mother had inherited a small estate. Elizabeth made friends with the future Duchess of Portland, Lady Margaret Cavendish Harley, at an early age, and would frequently spend some … and the Bulstrode circle may well have influenced Elizabeth Montagu’s own decision to start a literary salon afterwards. Witty, lively, and good-looking, Elizabeth Robinson had many suitors, and in 1742, aged 22, she settled for a man some 29 …
Assemblies | Bluestockings | Conversation | Correspondence | Friendship | Women
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Mary Delany [ Art and Literature / Reading & Writing ]
… education and upbringing led her to keep a deep sense of propriety throughout her life, it was perhaps not in keeping with the most formal sociable activities which she still tasted more often than not. Irish sociability From 1731, the … Wesley, left for Ireland where she attended several literary salons: 'I have just began an acquaintance among the wits – Mrs Grierson, Mrs Sycon and Mrs Pilkington; the latter is a bosom friend of Dean Swift’s, and I hope among them I shall be able to pick up some entertainment.' 1 In the following months, she repeatedly spent some time with Jonathan Swift at his friend and biographer’s, Patrick Delany. At the time, following Hesther Johnson (Stella)’s …
Assemblies | Bluestockings | Correspondence | Court | Ireland | Propriety | Women
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Masquerades in London [ Dance, Music & Songs / Social interaction ]
… centres of the metropolis, such as the Haymarket Theatre, Vauxhall Gardens or Ranelagh Gardens. The practice was endowed with a democratic potential realized through a carnivalesque suspension of social hierarchies. At the same time, the … variants were not always clear cut. However, the level of masquerade’s democratization in the period is questionable, with Meghan Kobza recently arguing against the heterotopic, transgressive and democratized image of the masquerade … opera singer, who had settled in London in 1759. Cornelys’s assemblies were yet more restrictive in terms of admission, with considerably higher attendance costs (Kobza 170): the closed space of her house at Soho square supported her agenda …
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The Philadelphia Dancing Assembly (1749–1849) [ Sports & Leisure ]
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Spas [ Health ]
Assemblies | Fiction | Health | Leisure | Medicine | North America | Spa
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