… if not paradoxical entanglement of politeness and libertine behavior in the evolution of sociability from the Restoration to the long eighteenth century. 1 Oftentimes, however, considerations regarding the influences of rakish … reach of the rumors surrounding the Mohocks, and how easily they penetrated even the royal court. 1 . Brian Cowan, ‘”Restoration” England and the History of Sociability’, in Valérie Capdeville and Alain Kerhervé (ed.), British Sociability … and, being both grandson to John Wilmot, the 2 nd Earl of Rochester (1647 – 1680), perhaps the most well-known Restoration rake, as well as father to John Montagu, the 4 th Earl of Sandwich (1718 – 1792), a man of Hell-fire fame, …