… a Custom house sale of ships ‘by inch of candle’ 2 in 1662 London, Samuel Pepys recorded the rumpus caused by the novel method of auction: ‘After dinner, we met and went to see sold the Weymouth Successe and Fellowship Hulkes …
… was a force of nature generated from matter; it also stimulated an aesthetic sensitivity in the human body. This was a novel accompaniment to interpersonal interactions, a concretization of the sympathetic feelings that were understood to …
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… a scene of magnificence and taste. The tapestry, the embroidered bed, the illumination, the glasses, the lightness and novelty of the ornaments, and the ceilings, are delightful. ‘ 11 6 . George Rudé, Hanoverian London 1714-1808 (London: …