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COSTUME, CUSTOM and CONDUCT
Since Roman times, Bath’s hot mineral springs have pumped a quarter of a million gallons of spring water a day at a steady temperature of 49°c. In 1708, Thomas Harrison built the Bath Assembly House, for which the public paid … Continue reading
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SELF RESTRAINT TO SELF INDULGENCE
”If Horace Walpole was right—that the world is a comedy to those who think and a tragedy to those who feel—the English were the most thoughtful people in the world. They were polite and considerate, not pushy or boastful; the … Continue reading
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Tagged Beau Brummel, Beau Nash Bath, Charles Dickens, Duke of Rutland, Emma Hamilton, Fanny Burney, George Cruikshank, Horace Walpole, Isaac Cruickshank, Isaac Cruikshank, Lady Emma Hamilton, Lady Huntingdon, Lord Chesterfield, Lord Dartmouth, Samuel Johnson, Samuel Pepys, Samuel Shellabager, Theodore Dalrymple, Thomas Gainsborough, Tony Mayer
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