Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire [ Aristocracy / Fashion ]
… c.1778. National Library of Scotland, Lynedoch MSS 3590, f. 227R. 3 . Georgiana Cavendish, The Sylph, 2 Volumes (London, 1779), V. I, p. 189. The Connoisseur, a weekly London newspaper founded by George Colman the Elder, describes the gambler as one who ‘would ruin his own brother, if it … Aristocratic Vice: The Attack on Duelling, Suicide, Adultery, and Gambling in Eighteenth-Century England (New Haven & London: Yale University Press, 2012), p. 192. Julia’s initial enthusiasm hints at the joy of gambling as an escape from …
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