The Bas Bleu (1786) [ People / Practices ]
… And plunge at once in medias res. To prove that privilege I plead, I'll quote some Greek I cannot read; Stunn'd by Authority you yield, And I, not reason, keep the field. Long was Society o'er-run By Whist, that desolating Hun; Long did …
Bluestockings | Women | Greece
Anthology