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The Lady's Companion: Or, an Infallible Guide to the Fair Sex
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Published: 1743
Total Pages: 440
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The Spectator; Volume 6
Author: Joseph Addison
Publisher: Wentworth Press
Published: 2019-03-22
Total Pages: 374
ISBN-13: 9781010751854
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Drink
Author: Iain Gately
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2008-07-03
Total Pages: 560
ISBN-13: 1440631263
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A spirited look at the history of alcohol, from the dawn of civilization to the modern day Alcohol is a fundamental part of Western culture. We have been drinking as long as we have been human, and for better or worse, alcohol has shaped our civilization. Drink investigates the history of this Jekyll and Hyde of fluids, tracing mankind's love/hate relationship with alcohol from ancient Egypt to the present day. Drink further documents the contribution of alcohol to the birth and growth of the United States, taking in the War of Independence, the Pennsylvania Whiskey revolt, the slave trade, and the failed experiment of national Prohibition. Finally, it provides a history of the world's most famous drinks-and the world's most famous drinkers. Packed with trivia and colorful characters, Drink amounts to an intoxicating history of the world.
The Basset Table
Author: Susanna Centlivre
Publisher: Broadview Press
Published: 2009-07-30
Total Pages: 174
ISBN-13: 1770480544
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The Basset Table follows the fortunes of Lady Reveller, who runs a table where her friends play the card game basset, and her struggle to avoid marrying Lord Worthy. Meanwhile, Lady Reveller’s cousin, Valeria, spends her time conducting scientific experiments and dissections, but her father intends to marry her off to the bluff sea-captain Hearty. How can Lady Reveller be persuaded to forego the delights of gambling? And how can Valeria avoid an unwanted marriage? This witty play paints a seductive picture of the thrills of the Restoration gaming table and challenges contemporary stereotypes of the learned lady. Appendices to this Broadview Edition include materials on female education, gambling, and writing for the stage, as well as eighteenth- and nineteenth-century critical writing on Centlivre and The Basset Table.
Reading Sex in the Eighteenth Century
Author: Karen Harvey
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 284
ISBN-13: 9780521822350
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The Making of the English Middle Class
Author: Peter Earle
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Published: 1989-01-01
Total Pages: 476
ISBN-13: 9780520068261
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This is the first major study of a neglected yet extremely significant subject: the London middle classes in the period between 1660 and 1730, a period in which they created a society and economy that can be seen with hindsight to have ushered in the modern world. Using a wealth of material from contemporary sources--including wills, business papers, inventories, marriage contracts, divorce hearings, and the writings of Daniel Defoe and Samuel Pepys--Peter Earle presents a fully rounded picture of the "middling sort of people," getting to the hearts of their lives as men and women struggling for success in the biggest, richest, and most middle-class city in contemporary Europe. He examines in fascinating and convincing detail the business life of Londoners, from apprenticeship through the problems and potential rewards of different occupational groups, going on to look at middle-class family, social, political and material life--from relationships with spouses, children, servants, and neighbors, to food and clothes and furniture, to sickness, death, and burial. Stimulating, scholarly, and constantly illuminating, this book is an important and impressive contribution to English social history.
The Spectator; Volume 1
Author: Richard Steele
Publisher: Legare Street Press
Published: 2023-07-18
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781022803251
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The Spectator is a daily British newspaper that covers politics, business, and culture. This book is a collection of essays written by Joseph Addison, Richard Steele, and others, originally published in the Spectator between 1711 and 1714. The essays cover a wide range of topics, from politics and morality to fashion and literature. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
The British Country House in the Eighteenth Century
Author: Christopher Christie
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 374
ISBN-13: 9780719047251
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This work explores the British country house between 1700-1830 and looks at the lives of the noblemen and the servants who inhabited them. Reference is made to the whole of the British Isles and there is a discussion of their political significance.
Yorkshire Baronets, 1640-1760
Author: Peter Roebuck
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 1980
Total Pages: 448
ISBN-13:
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