Touch and sociability [ Communication ]
… who did not feel similarly constrained, and whose reading of ‘appropriateness’ tended to serve their own purposes. 5 . Frances Burney, Journals and Letters, Peter Sabor and Lars E. Troide (eds) (London: Penguin books, 2001), p. 46. Burney … be adhered to, they had to be led by women and by their circles, rather than by visiting males. 6 . The Early Diary of Frances Burney, 1768-1778: with a selection from her correspondence, and from the journals of her sisters Susan and … to a repetition or to similar conduct from others. 10 . Sterne suggests that it was the custom between men in France, but not otherwise. Those on the receiving end of such conduct had to consider: the immediate risks of further …
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