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Sporting clubs [ Associational culture / Clubs & Societies ]
… the races rather than attending to the matters of state. At the end of the century, The Jockey Club , or A Sketch of the Manners of the Age (1792) by Charles Piggott offers a similar picture. It is a vitriolic attack on the aristocracy, with … Revolution. He pursued such attacks, against women of the aristocracy, in The Female Jockey Club , or A Sketch of the Manners of the Age (1794). (After) Robert Dighton, 'A Deep One and a Knowing One', The British Museum …
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Gambling [ Games & Sports ]
… losing with elegance, were skills that vouched for the public respectability of a gentleman, provided that he had good manners and conversation. Therefore, g ambling was often ritualized and required the control of one’s emotions. For … the Reign of George III, from 1771-1783, 2 vols. (London New York: John Lane, 1910), vol. 1, p. 7. Distinction and good manners were prescribed by norms of politeness, and by a system of values dear to the aristocracy, the code of honour. 16 …
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