… in his Behaviour’. 13 Conversation was to be light and pleasing: ‘Men would come into Company with ten times the Pleasure they do, if they were sure of hearing nothing which should shock them, as well as expected what would please … considerable change and reconfiguration. More recent trends in cultural history, studying what John Brewer calls The Pleasures of the Imagination (1997), Lawrence Klein’s and others’ focus on politeness, and a growing interest in media … Newman (ed.), The Spectator: Emerging Discourses (Newark: Delaware University Press, 2005), p. 155-56. Brewer, John, The Pleasures of the Imagination (London: Harper Collins, 1997). Cowan , Brian , ‘ Mr. Spectator and the Coffeehouse Public …