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Ned Ward [ Commerce / Art and Literature ]

… Résumé Edward ‘Ned’ Ward was a satirist and tavern keeper active in early eighteenth-century London, best known for his London Spy … enjoy a tipple himself with fellow satirists in the taverns of the town, reading and writing in company. Taken together, Ward’s life and works are a reminder that the ideal of polite and decorous sociability was not one to which everyone subscribed. People > Commerce People > Art and Literature Mots-clés ward Satire humour Tavern drunkenness impoliteness Club London Edward ‘Ned’ Ward was a satirist and tavern keeper, most …

Sovereignty (in Hobbes's philosophy) [ Political and Moral philosophy / Philosophy ]

… Concepts > Political and Moral philosophy People > Philosophy Mots-clés Civility Friendship Hobbes Sovereignty Violence War Négation de la sociabilité naturelle Depuis Aristote et Cicéron et jusqu’au milieu du XVIIe siècle, la majorité des … resolve, that the Originall of all great, and lasting Societies, consisted not in the mutuall good will men had towards each other, but in the mutuall fear they had of each other.‘ ( De Cive , I, 2, 93-94). La finalité de l’association … The observers of this law, may be called SOCIABLE (the latins call then commodi;) the contrary, stubborn, insociable, forward [perverse], intractable.‘ ( Leviathan , Ch. 15, Oxford, 100-101; Sirey, 152-153) La métaphore du polissage des …

Boxing [ Games & Sports ]

… boxing, various discourses shaped it as a science and as an art in the context of the revolutionary and Napoleonic wars. Boxing became increasingly associated to a conservative and nationalist perception of Englishness as conservatives … boxing, various discourses shaped it as a science and as an art in the context of the revolutionary and Napoleonic wars. Boxing became increasingly associated to a conservative and nationalist perception of Englishness as conservatives … superiority of his skill, his endurance and rapidity. Some press articles though decried the brutality of the game and warned against the example being set. Such debates would usually occur after a tragic event. This was the case during the …

Enemies and false friends [ Antagonism & Resistance ]

… enmity, but it was always a central feature of the literature on friendship from this period, which contained abundant warnings about the perils of false friendship. The deepest enmities resulted from the closest friendships. Yet the … writers spoke of both the benefits and potential dangers of friendship throughout the long-eighteenth century, acutely aware of the ease with which an intimate relationship might tip over into an enmity. It is noteworthy that few printed … who were singled out by many writers as particularly susceptible to the dangers of false friendship. Lord Chesterfield warned his son Philip in his widely successful Letters about the dangers of ‘incontinency of friendship’ among one’s …

Solitude [ Feelings and Emotions ]

… often associated with melancholy and thus frequently employed in a negative sense. A range of eighteenth-century writers warned about the effects of social isolation on spiritual, physical, and mental wellbeing. Yet, for all its challenges, … but the ‘pride and self-ignorance’ of those willing to elevate themselves above the conversation of others. Baxter warned that ‘many are led into solitude by their infirmities or vices’, noting that ‘popish vanity may seduce them ... … life. A familiar account to many readers of didactic literature from this period was that of Diogenes of Sinope, who warned a young man walking alone and ‘discoursing with himself’ to ‘ Take Heed ... that thou Converse not with thine …

Laughter [ Communication ]

… observed, ‘you may laugh in as many ways as you talk’. In its various guises, laughing could communicate anything from warmth to outright hostility; a well-placed chuckle could be the epitome of politeness, while an uncontrolled guffaw – … and Mary Wollstonecraft. 2  This discussion was shot through with ambivalence. Laughing could communicate anything from warmth to outright hostility; a well-placed chuckle could be the epitome of politeness, while an uncontrolled guffaw – … The Historical Journal (57, 4, 2014), p.921-45. 14 . John Hope, ‘His defence of laughter, against Lord Chesterfield’s unwarrantable attack’, Westminster Magazine (Jan. 1775), p.107. Partager Partager sur Facebook Partager sur Linkedin …