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On Conversation (1782) [ Concepts ]
… weed! whose scent the fair annoys, Unfriendly to society's chief joys, Thy worst effect is banishing for hours The sex whose presence civilizes ours; Thou art indeed the drug a gardener wants To poison vermin that infest his plants; But … brighten up his parts, Make him athletic as in days of old, Learn'd at the bar, in the palæstra bold, Divest the rougher sex of female airs, And teach the softer not to copy theirs: The change shall please, nor shall it matter aught, Who …
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Gin and the Gin Craze [ Food & Drink / Eating & Drinking / Social interaction ]
… gin down each other’s throats and a pair of schoolgirls drinking together. The newspapers reported accounts of casual sexual liaisons between people who met in gin shops. In 1736, for example, Read’s Weekly Journal described how a maid …
Alcohol | Crime | Friendship | Poverty
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Political clubs during the French Revolution [ Politics & Society / Clubs & Societies ]
… authorities. On October 30, 1793, the National Convention banned all women’s clubs. The justification for doing so was sexist, but the ban was triggered by the outbreak of violence between rival women’s organisations. 9 It was part of a …
Clubs | Crime | Debate | Democracy | French Revolution | Gender | Law | Politics | Sovereignty | State | Violence
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