Elizabeth (Robinson) Montagu [ Art and Literature ]
… conversation. Bluestocking sociability was based on the advance of politeness as extolled for instance by David Hume in ‘Of Refinement in the Arts’: civilization here is based on a social exchange between men and women who meet and … Correspondence Online (EMCO): http://emco.swansea.ac.uk/edition/introduction/ In the DIGIT.EN.S Anthology David Hume, 'Of The Love of Fame' ( 1734 ). Elizabeth Montagu, Letter to The Chronicle (December 1762 ). David Hume, Essays, Moral, and Political, and Literary , 'On Refinement in the Arts' (1741, 1777 ). Hannah More, The Bas …
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