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Electoral sociability [ Politics & Society ]

… to impolite unsociability at the other. William Hogarth, An Election Entertainment, from the series known as 'The Humours of an Election', 1755. Sir John Soane's Museum. Wikimedia Commons. 6 . Memoirs Illustrative of the Life and …

Edinburgh clubs and societies [ Clubs & Societies / Associational culture ]

… to remind the learned societies in Britain of the cultural specificities and diversity of the new British nation with a humouristic tone or provocation, as the Society of the True Highlanders would do later on by playing with stereotypes on …

Vauxhall [ Sports & Leisure ]

… thro’ those blissful shades, or supping in different lodges, on cold collations, enlivened with mirth, freedom, and good humour, and animated by an excellent band of musick’, stressing the different versions of social occasions, from walks …

Boxing [ Games & Sports ]

… with avidity as it takes the mind by surprise, is startled by a sense of oddity and incongruity, indulges its wayward humours or lively impulses, with perfect freedom and lightness of heart, and seizes occasion by the forelock, that it may …