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Joseph Addison [ Art and Literature / Politics ]

… prose style was often emulated by later periodical essayists and his character was presented as exemplary of the polite manners that he sought to describe and defend in his works. Addison was also well known as a prominent Whig politician … People > Politics Mots-clés Addison Whig Periodical essay Tatler Spectator Coffeehouse Literature Wit Politeness Manners Joseph Addison (1672-1719) was an important theorist of English sociability in the early eighteenth century. He … had been at the heart of late seventeenth-century Whiggery and much more so on promoting moderation, trade, and sociable manners unmarred by the religious divisions that had spurred the development of the party in the age of Charles II and …

Beau Nash [ Fashion ]

… the emergence of a British model of sociability in a decisive way. Through his conviviality, his influence on dress and manners, he participated in the forging of a refined and polite nation. This entry attempts to assess his action without downplaying his moral ambiguity. People > Fashion Mots-clés Bath Fashion Gaming Social codes Manners Master of Ceremonies Politeness Refinement Spa Wit Richard Nash, who was born in Swansea in 1674, has gone down … Bath doctors such as Dr William Oliver who paid tribute to his generosity in A Faint Sketch of the Life, Character, and Manners, of the Late Mr Nash 2 and Dr George Cheyne who often joked with him about the principles of good health. In …

Hannah More (and philanthropic sociability) [ Religion & Philanthropy / Politics & Society / Religious Belief ]

… later her membership of the evangelical group, the Clapham Sect, to embark on crusades against poverty, the perverted manners of the Great, the ill-conceived education of women and the evils of slavery. She devised an original … Practices > Politics & Society Practices > Religious Belief Mots-clés Bluestocking Education Evangelicalism Friendship Manners Philanthropy Poverty Reformation Religion Slavery Women Wilberforce Hannah More (1745-1833), who was one of the … As a matter of fact, she used her pen and her literary talents to promote four main causes, the reformation of manners, the abolition of slavery, the education of women and the alleviation of poverty. Having started as a provincial …

James Boswell [ Art and Literature ]

… which placed a limit on his capacity for sociability. People > Art and Literature Mots-clés Edinburgh London alcool Manners charm sexe Boswell, who was born into a Scottish Presbyterian legal and landowning family in 1740, suffered all … Addison’s character in sentiment, mixed with a little of the gaiety of Sir Richard Steele’, to which he will add ‘the manners’ of his friend the Edinburgh actor ‘Mr Digges’ ( London Journal  89).  A proper balance of sentiment, humour and manners, in other words, is necessary for Boswellian sociability, no matter what the activity, and notwithstanding the …

Women's travel writing [ Reading & Writing / Mobility ]

… – sociable practices, culture, values – was a key topic for understanding the Continental other (its character, manners and mores) but also a rhetorical mode of writing one’s self in relation to the other. Furthermore, sociability … epistolary style devoid of English prejudices that could offer ‘a more true and accurate account of the customs and manners of the several nations, with whom this lady conversed’. 1  Sociability is thus perceived not simply as a topic of interest (‘customs and manners’) but also as a means (‘conversation’) of acquiring a more unbiased knowledge of the countries women visited. …

Scottish clans [ Social interaction / Association ]

… Résumé This entry examines the social structures, manners and sociability of the Scottish clans during the long eighteenth century. It discusses the debates on their place … in the Lowlands. They had a feudal system established during the Norman invasions. Their social structures and manners were similar to the ones in English towns. Few clans were Catholic and most were Episcopalian, but the … 1. William F. Skene, The Highlanders of Scotland, Their Origin, History, and Antiquities, with a Sketch of Their Manners and Customs (Vol. 1, London: John Murray, 1837). 2. Unknown, ‘Memorial Concerning the State of the Highlands and …