… Animals in England (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015). Montagu, Mary Wortley , Letters W ritten During Her Travels in Europe , Asia and Africa ( London: T . Becket and P.A. De Hondt 1763 ) . Porter, David, The … Animals in England (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015). Montagu, Mary Wortley , Letters W ritten During Her Travels in Europe , Asia and Africa ( London: T . Becket and P.A. De Hondt 1763 ) . Porter, David, The …
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… sociability both by means of her social gatherings and through her literary works. People > Art and Literature People > Travel Mots-clés Bluestockings Commerce Friendship Italy Literature Politics Born into a Welsh family proud of its … Tyson and Henry Guppy (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1932), p. 91 ff. The next year would have seen them travel as far as Italy, but the death of their eldest boy, Henry, cruelly upset their plans. An exacting mother, Hester … of her marriage, and would die in 1784, a few months after her departure. On her tour, Hester met various other English travellers and was introduced to Italian, French, and German society, connections which actually enabled her to write …
… book selling networks. In terms of cost and time, they were roughly equivalent. 9 Their shops welcomed visitors and travellers from all over Britain and were instrumental in maintaining the culture identities of many distinct …
… testified to the auctioneers’ ‘excessive care which they take to consult the purchaser’s ease’ according to the French traveler Jean André Rouquet, who further noted that ‘nothing can be more entertaining than this sort of auctions; the …