Hell-fire Clubs [ Clubs & Societies / Association ]
… a proliferation of so-called Hell-fire Clubs, the members of which were invariably accused by society of promoting heavy drinking, sexual license, blasphemy, and Satanism, even if reality differed considerably from club to club. The most … the Ballers, or the Mohocks, these gatherings of the well-to-do and aristocratic class were said to indulge in wild drinking, unrestrained sexuality, blasphemy, and even Satanism, providing a stark contrast to the contemporary focus on … clubs and societies of eighteenth-century Britain. 21 . Morning Post, 22 Aug. 1776 (Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Burney Newspapers Collection at gale.com). 22 . Janine Barchas, ‘Hell-Fire Jane: Austen and the Dashwoods of West …
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