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… James’s Park as a reinstatement of natural order.’ It became one of London’s most fashionable promenades, especially for women. 4 Throughout the eighteenth century, visitors, especially foreign ones, were impressed by the park’s beauty and … (Greig 165). St James’s Square provided a frame for a sociable culture deployed in numerous visits − often made by women − as well as balls and assemblies (Greig 139). Horace Walpole , who attended the reception at the opening of the …
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