 | Popular encyclopedia - 1874 - 530 sider
...Johnson : 'About this time (1780) it was much the fashion for several ladies to have evening assemblies, where the fair sex might participate in conversation...desire to please. These societies were denominated bliustocking clula, the origin of which name was as follows : — One of the most eminent members of... | |
 | James Boswell - 1874 - 584 sider
...live double." About this time it was much the fashion for several ladies to have evening assemblies, where the fair sex might participate in conversation with literary and ingenious men, animated by a desire to please. These societies were denominated Blue-stocking Clubs, the origin of which title... | |
 | 1898 - 554 sider
...and Cranford and Mary Barton. We feel we are within measurable distance of those 'evening assemblies, where the fair sex might participate in conversation with literary and ingenious men, animated by a desire to please,' and which derived their name of ' Blue-stocking Clubs ' from grave Mr. Stillingfleet's... | |
 | Literary curiosities - 1876 - 334 sider
..."BLUE STOCKING." ABOUT this time it was much the fashion for several ladies to have evening assemblies where the fair sex might participate in conversation with literary and ingenious men, animated by a desire to please. These societies were denominated "Blue Stocking Clubs," the origin of which... | |
 | William Adolphus Wheeler - 1881 - 602 sider
...Clubs: "About this time f!781] it was much the fashion for several ladies to have evening assemblies, where the fair sex might participate in conversation with literary and ingenious men, animated by a desire to please. One of the most eminent members of these societies, when they first commenced,... | |
 | Popular encyclopedia - 1883 - 618 sider
...(17iU) it was much the fashion for several ladies to have evening asscmblies, whore the f iir sex mi-^ht participate in conversation with literary and ingenious men, animated with a desire to ]ilea.se. These societies were denominated tintstiirkiny clutu, the origin of which name was as follows... | |
 | James Boswell - 1884 - 626 sider
...live double." About this time it was much the fashion for several ladies to have evening assemblies, where the fair sex might participate in conversation with literary and ingenious men, animated by a desire to please. These societies were denominated Bluestocking Clubs ; the origin of which title... | |
 | 1886 - 300 sider
...85, " About this time (1781) it was much the fashion for several ladies to have evening assemblies where the fair sex might participate in conversation with literary and ingenious men, animated by a desire to please. These societies were denominated Blue Stocking Clubs ; the origin of which title... | |
 | James Boswell - 1887 - 652 sider
...live double.' About this time it was much the fashion for several ladies to have evening assemblies, where the fair sex might participate in conversation with literary and ingenious men, animated by a desire to please. These societies were denominated Blue-stoching Clubs, the origin of which title... | |
 | James Boswell - 1887 - 466 sider
...live double.' About this time it was much the fashion for several ladies to have evening assemblies, where the fair sex might participate in conversation with literary and ingenious men, animated by a desire to please. These societies were denominated Blue-stocking Clubs, the origin of which title... | |
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About this time it was much the fashion for several ladies to have evening assemblies, where the fair sex might participate in conversation with literary and ingenious men, animated by a desire to please. 
