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Female beauty [ Taste & Manners ]
… and beyond . 12 . Samuel Richardson, 'Letter VIII', in Thomas Keymer and Alice Wakely (ed.), Pamela; or, Virtue Rewarded (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001), p. 20. Partager Partager sur Facebook Partager sur Linkedin Partager sur … (ed.), A Cultural History of the Human Body in the Enlightenment, 6 vols (Oxford: Berg, 2010), vol. IV, p. 113-131. Warhman, Dror, The Making of the Modern Self: Identity and Culture in Eighteenth-Century England (New Haven: Yale … (ed.), A Cultural History of the Human Body in the Enlightenment, 6 vols (Oxford: Berg, 2010), vol. IV, p. 113-131. Warhman, Dror, The Making of the Modern Self: Identity and Culture in Eighteenth-Century England (New Haven: Yale …
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Collections [ Furniture & Interior decoration / Art & Luxury ]
… Gallery, London, NPG 77, 1813. Image Anthony Walker, ‘A view of the noble House and part of the garden of Castle Howard, the seat of the right Hon.ble the earl of Carlisle near New Malton in Yorkshire’, London, 1758, ed. by Robert … entre eux des spécimens, comme le chirurgien et anatomiste John Hunter, qui envoyait des papillons au médecin Edward Jenner : ‘Dans ce moment, je ne sais si je vous ai envoyé les papillons ; s’ils n’ont pas été envoyés, ils le seront … celle installée par Horace Walpole dans sa demeure de Strawberry Hill, située près de Twickenham. 9 Visitant Castle Howard en août 1772, Walpole déclara qu’il n’aimait pas l’architecture de la maison, mais il mentionna néanmoins sa …
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Boxing [ Games & Sports ]
… boxing, various discourses shaped it as a science and as an art in the context of the revolutionary and Napoleonic wars. Boxing became increasingly associated to a conservative and nationalist perception of Englishness as conservatives … boxing, various discourses shaped it as a science and as an art in the context of the revolutionary and Napoleonic wars. Boxing became increasingly associated to a conservative and nationalist perception of Englishness as conservatives … superiority of his skill, his endurance and rapidity. Some press articles though decried the brutality of the game and warned against the example being set. Such debates would usually occur after a tragic event. This was the case during the …
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Enemies and false friends [ Antagonism & Resistance ]
… enmity, but it was always a central feature of the literature on friendship from this period, which contained abundant warnings about the perils of false friendship. The deepest enmities resulted from the closest friendships. Yet the … writers spoke of both the benefits and potential dangers of friendship throughout the long-eighteenth century, acutely aware of the ease with which an intimate relationship might tip over into an enmity. It is noteworthy that few printed … who were singled out by many writers as particularly susceptible to the dangers of false friendship. Lord Chesterfield warned his son Philip in his widely successful Letters about the dangers of ‘incontinency of friendship’ among one’s …
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Solitude [ Feelings & Emotions ]
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Laughter [ Communication ]
… observed, ‘you may laugh in as many ways as you talk’. In its various guises, laughing could communicate anything from warmth to outright hostility; a well-placed chuckle could be the epitome of politeness, while an uncontrolled guffaw – … and Mary Wollstonecraft. 2 This discussion was shot through with ambivalence. Laughing could communicate anything from warmth to outright hostility; a well-placed chuckle could be the epitome of politeness, while an uncontrolled guffaw – … Journal (vol. 57, n° 4, 2014), p. 921-945. 14 . John Hope, ‘His defence of laughter, against Lord Chesterfield’s unwarrantable attack’, Westminster Magazine (Jan. 1775), p.107. Partager Partager sur Facebook Partager sur Linkedin …
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Bethlem Hospital [ Health ]
… long light hair, spare figure, and weird gentility; there was the vacantly-laughing girl, requiring now and then a warning finger to admonish her; there was the quiet young woman, almost well, and soon going out. For partners, there … was introduced). 4 Here individuals and groups could wander and enjoy the antics of the inmates, goaded often by the warders in the hope of gratuities, and could tease or reward the most amusing. This was a species of sociability that confirmed the sanity of the sane, providing thereby a …
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Political clubs during the French Revolution [ Politics & Society / Clubs & Societies ]
… authorities. They informed and educated the public. They fundraised and redistributed, to the poor and to the army at war after April 1792. In some respects, the clubs resembled modern political parties. In others, they prefigured thinktanks, charities and civic awareness groups. While the activities of French revolutionary political clubs are known to historians, their impact on … failed attempt to flee France in 1791, which divided constitutional monarchists and republicans, and the outbreak of war in 1792, which lowered tolerance thresholds for opposing political views and divided revolutionaries over what …
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Luxury [ Taste & Manners ]
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