Hell-fire Clubs [ Clubs & Societies / Association ]
… a delivery of habits for women was made to the abbey between 1751 and 1754, giving credence to rumors of irreligious dress-ups taking place at Medmenham (Ashe 130f). In 1760, John Armstrong wrote to Wilkes that he hopes ‘the Sisters are … composed the incendiary An Essay on Woman (~1755), a sexual and blasphemous parody of Pope’s An Essay on Man (1733-34) addressed to Fanny Murray. The Essay had been written by their fellow friar Thomas Potter, with minor additions by Wilkes, …
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