170THE NORMAL AD V A N C Epromenade and the boudoir was finally interrupted by the dinner hour, and there was auniversal rush to L...
the upper classes did notdine until one, while the ultra-fashionable didnot dine until four. Between the hours oftwelve and two the ordinaries...
the latest scandalfrom Whitehall, the newest face from the.provinces, the exploits of the previous evening
the breaking of tavern-drawers heads, the narrow escapes from the watch, the newest comedies, the authors and the actors. As soon asthe busi...
exchanged familiar recognitionswith the wearers of vizards in the galleries—the ladies wore vizards, it is said, to concealthe blushes provoked ...
and at lastmade his way to the side boxes to flirt with thefair occupants as long as the play continued.The attacks of the Puritans...