The Harmonic Society : The assemblies of women are too frequently marked by malice to each other, and slander of the absent ; the meetings of men by noise, inebriety, and wrangling

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The Harmonic Society : The assemblies of women are too frequently marked by malice to each other, and slander of the absent ; the meetings of men by noise, inebriety, and wrangling

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The direst disorder, according to the plate, is proceeding around on all sides : the conflict of fists, aided by such aggressive articles as bottles, the fireirons, and any offensive weapon that may come to hand, is raging free and furious. The president of this harmonic meeting is very naturally employing his hammer to bring the turbulent to order, by using it as an instrument to knock down his opponents. Wigs are sent flying through space, chairs are wrecked ; decanters, spirit-bottles, punchbowls, and such frail objects as tumblers, rummers, and wine-glasses, are involved in universal destruction. One elated youthful hero has jumped on the table in a tipsy frolic; he is promoting the further confusion which darkness will entail by deliberately smashing up the candles, and battering the sconces of the chandelier with the assistance of a punch-ladle.
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Thomas Rowlandson - English caricaturist of the 18th and early 19th centuries Britain, known for his humor, caricatures, satirical drawings, and watercolors, a popular artist in the Regency period in England.

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1811
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