… the circles of the local elites . 6 Voltaire was well known and admired, drawing crowds clamouring to know the great author; his network of ‘fanatics,’ 7 to quote Charles Collé, were the mark of another form of sociability built around …
… to celebrate her parents’ 25 years of marriage. Of course, that the letter had been intercepted suggests that British authorities believed it may not have been genuine, or perhaps Henriette had tried to send the letter without first …
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Mary Delany
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… for women, was very often associated with literature, music and science. With the Duchess of Portland, she met authors, musicians, botanists but also the King and Queen who occasionally visited the Duchess at Bulstrode or invited …
… into the books he owned, agreeing, or dismissing and responding with poetic ideas. This kind of dialogue with other authors was augmented through references to other works; Blake, moreover, kept returning to his books, adding more …