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...they first commenced, was Mr. Stillingfleet (an author of tracts relating to natural history, &c.), whose dress was remarkably grave, and in particular...; " and thus by degrees the title was established. — Sosmell's Life of Johnson, Croker's edition, p. 689. The reader may wonder that only indirect reference...

...Stillingfleet (an author of tracts relating to natural history, &c.), whose dress was remarkably grave, aud in particular it was observed that he wore blue stockings....stockings; " and thus by degrees the title was established. — SosnelVs Life of Johnson, Oroker'a edition, p. 689. C. The reader may wonder that only indirect...

...who wore blue stockings. Such was the excellence of his conversation, and his absence felt to be such a loss, that it used to be said, " We can do nothing...stockings;'" and thus by degrees the title was established. Mrs. Hannah More, in her Poem, " Bos Bleu," has described a Blue Stocking Club, and mentioned those...

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...that he wore blue stockings. Such was the excellence of his conversation, that his absence was felt so great a loss that it used to be said, ' We can...established. Miss Hannah More has admirably described, a Bine-Stocking Club, in her Eas-Blcte, a poem in which many of the persons who were most conspicuous...

...whose dress was remarkably grave, and, in particular, it was observed that he wore blue slackings. Such was the excellence of his conversation, that...said, ' We can do nothing without the blue stockings,' nnd thus by degrees the title was established." Boswell was greatly mistaken, for, in 1781, Benjamin...

...members of these societies, when they first commenced, was Mr. Stillingfleet (grandson of the Bishop), whose dress was remarkably grave ; and in particular...excellence of his conversation, that his absence was felt so great a loss that it used to be said, ' We can do nothing without the blue stockings / and thus...

...most eminent members of these societies, when they first commenced, was Mr. Benjamin St1llingfleet, whose dress was remarkably grave, and, in particular,...stockings^ and thus by degrees, the title was established." Boswell was greatly mistaken, for, in 1781, Benjamin Stillingfleet, the highly accomplished gentleman,...

...of the most eminent members of those societies, when they first commenced, was Mr. Stillingfleet,2 whose dress was remarkably grave, and in particular...used to be said, 'We can do nothing without the blue slotting»;' and thus by degrees the title was established. Miss Hannah More has admirably described...