Mary Delany [ Art and Literature / Reading & Writing ]
… for the sole purpose of conversation, and were different in no respect from other parties, but that the company did not play at cards. 10 Diffident of cards, the Bluestockings also disregarded politics and scandal but aimed to combat the … 11 Although Mary Delany’s name is not mentioned in Hannah More’s poem (neither is Hester Thrale’s even though the latter played an important part in the movement) and although the words 'Bluestocking' or 'Bas-bleu' never occur in her own … babe, Princess Amelia, bearing her part in the entertainment ; sometimes in one of her sister's laps ; sometimes playing with the King on the carpet ; which, altogether, exhibits such a delightful scene, as would require an Addison's …
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