Hell-fire Clubs [ Clubs & Societies / Association ]
… figures in literature, 9 such as the infidel Lorenzo in Edward Young’s Night Thoughts (1742-45) or the rakes in Samuel Richardson’s Clarissa Harlowe (1748). 8 . The Complete Letters of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (Oxford Scholarly Editions … than irreligion’. 11 Whether myth or reality, Wharton’s alleged club proved short-lived, and an Irish group around Richard Parsons, the Earl of Rosse (1702-1741), inherited the Hell-fire name and tradition in the 1730s and 40s. Parsons was …
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