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Definition of Bluestockings
1. bluestocking [n] - See also: bluestocking
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bluestockings
Literary usage of Bluestockings
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Salon and English Letters: Chapters on the Interrelations of Literature by Chauncey Brewster Tinker (1915)
"The works of the bluestockings have all long since sunk into this oblivion.
The benevolent reader of them has the feeling which Dante experienced so ..."
2. The Journal of English and Germanic Philology by Ill.) University of Illinois (Urbana (1919)
"The general ideal of Sensibility, as it was represented by the various activities
of the bluestockings, was early noticed by satirists, but it was not ..."
3. Buying Books Online: Finding Bargains and Saving Money With Booksense Stores by Stephen Windwalker (2002)
"Looking for a specific book? Check out our online listings. bluestockings Women's
Bookstore 172 Allen Street New York, NY 10002 Tel: 212-777-6028 Fax: ..."
4. The Bookman (1903)
"Mary Berry was herself an authoress and another leader of the "bluestockings."
(23) Line 7.—"Hunt."—Probably Leigh Hunt the author : but possibly Henry Hunt ..."
5. Garrick's Pupil by [Pierre Marie] Augustin Filon, Augustin Filon (1893)
"Don't allude to bluestockings in my presence ! " cried the author of " Evelina
... And Mrs. Cholmondeley,— do you give her a place among the bluestockings? ..."
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