… 8 7 . For instance, George Whitefield’s The Polite and Fashionable Diversions of the Age, Destructive to Soul and Body (London: 1740). 8 . Kate Davison, ‘Occasional Politeness and Gentlemen’s Laughter in Eighteenth-Century England‘, …
… This involved not only the suppression of one’s true thoughts and feelings, but also ‘strict control of the body and all its movements’, which had especial resonance for writers concerned about the perils of false friendship. 15 …