… men and women who meet and correspond on an equal footing.( Eger 41-43) Virtue, wit, good humour, literary interests, religion and benevolence were the most important character traits cherished by the various members of the bluestocking …
… 1938), vol. I, p. 15-353. Entries on Blake appear between 1810 and 1828. ‘The conversation was on art and on poetry and religion; but it was my object—and I was successful—in drawing him out and in so getting from him an avowal of his …