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Frances Glanville Boscawen [ Aristocracy / Art and Literature ]
… been paid to Boscawen’s sociable activities. As the wife of an admiral, Boscawen began as a political hostess, doing the honours at her marital home, 14 South Audley Street. H er parties are thus likely to have entertained a different crowd: … it: ‘so much politeness, accompanied with so much ease, she had never observed in anybody. In short, that I did the honours in a certain way that was agreeable and attentive to everybody, and yet (seemingly) with great ease to myself’ … been paid to Boscawen’s sociable activities. As the wife of an admiral, Boscawen began as a political hostess, doing the honours at her marital home, 14 South Audley Street. H er parties are thus likely to have entertained a different crowd: …
Bluestockings | Conversation | Correspondence | Politics | Women
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Enemies and false friends [ Antagonism & Resistance ]
Antagonism | Civility | Enmity | Falsehood | Friendship | Gender | Politeness | Women
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Masonic brotherhood [ Rituals & Ceremonies / Associational culture ]
… in which all Men agree, leaving their particular Opinions to themselves; that is, to be good Men and true, or Men of Honour and Honesty, by whatever Denominations or Persuasions they may be distinguish’d; whereby Masonry becomes the … van den Boogert, ‘Scottish Freemasonry in Ottoman Izmir’, in Maurits H. van den Boogert (ed.), Ottoman Izmir. Studies in Honour of Alexander H. de Groot (Leiden: Nederlands Instituut voor het Nabije Oosten, 2007), p. 103-121. 11 . BL Add Ms. …
Brotherhood | Colonies | Cosmopolitanism | Discrimination | Ecumenism | France | Freemasonry | Women
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Women's travel writing [ Reading & Writing / Mobility ]
… sociable places (‘the assemblies’) to the Turkish hot bath. 1 . Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Letters of the Right Honourable Lady M_y W_y M_e: Written, during her Travels in Europe, Asia, and Africa, vol. 1 (London: B. Dodd, 1776), p. …
Education | French Revolution | Travel | Women
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Foxhunting [ Games & Sports ]
… in earlier times. The killing of the deer, for example, had been dignified with a degree of formality; it was an honour to be executed by the most senior person present, and the carcass of the slayed deer was dissected and carted away …
Animals | Elite | Hunting | Sports | Women
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Richard Steele [ Art and Literature / Politics ]
… to male readers interested in current affairs, but also to entertain his female ones – the title was in their honour and reflected the easy chatter that the paper emulated. Indeed, the periodical genre used conversation between its …
Morality | Periodicals | Politeness | Print culture | Politics | Slavery | Theatre | Wit | Women
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Assembly rooms [ Sports & Leisure / Associational culture / Dance, Music & Songs ]
… and Scotland, these women were elected from amongst the civic elite. 10 In Edinburgh in the 1760s and 1770s, the Honourable Miss Nicky Murray, daughter of the 6 th Viscount of Stormont and sister to the 2 nd Earl of Mansfield, was one …
Assemblies | Community | Dance | Entertainement | Leisure | Music | Politeness | Women
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Helen Maria Williams [ Art and Literature / Travel ]
Correspondence | France | French Revolution | Politics | Women
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