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General Introduction
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The
Pleasures of Romance are sampled by this foursome as they linger after
dinner to enjoy with studied amusement, the reading aloud of a love
letter. Such entertainments were as much a part of Court life
as balls or theatricals.
(Le
Souper Fin Jean-Michel Moreau le jeune coloured engraving,
1776; Age of Enlightenment Peter Gay,
et al. Time-Life International, 1966: p. 45. )
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