John Thelwall [ Art and Literature / Politics / Association ]
… p. xviii. Initially in his private studies Thelwall was drawn to religious subjects, and was a ‘complete church-and-king man’. 2 In the 1780s, he became strongly motivated by the attractions of literary culture, finding in the … political allegiances and embracing the reform movement, suggesting the importance of physical gathering to his thinking. 2 . Cecile Thelwall, 'The Life of John Thelwall, by His Widow', 2 vols (London: John Macrone, 1837), 1, p. 22. The … such as the Friends of the Liberty of the Press (which was formed to celebrate the achievements of Thomas Erskine in defending the publication of Thomas Paine’s Rights of Man ) , the Borough Society of the Friends of the People, …
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