...their slaves . . . were employ 'd in braiding their hair. ... In short, tis the Women's coffee house, where all the news of the Town is told, Scandal invented, etc. . . . The Lady that seem'd the most considerable amongst them entreated me to sit by her and would...

...some in conversation, some working, others drinking coffee or sherbert, and many negligently lying on their cushions, while their slaves (generally pretty...it is the women's coffee-house, where all the news is told, scandal invented, etc. . . . The lady that seemed most considerable among them entreated me...

...were sometimes less beautifull than those of their companions. . . . ['T]is the Women's coffee house, where all the news of the Town is told, Scandal invented,...this Diversion once a week, and stay there at least 4 or 5 hours. . . . The Lady that seem'd the most considerable amongst them . . . would fain have undress'd...

...some in conversation, some working, others drinking coffee or sherbot, and many negligently lying on their cushions, while their slaves (generally pretty...braiding their hair in several pretty fancies. In short, 'tis the womens coffee-house, where all the news of the town is told, scandal invented, &c."42 Particularly...

...eighteen) were employed in braiding their hair in several pretty fancies. In short, 'tis the womens coffee-house, where all the news of the town is told, scandal invented, &c."42 Particularly with the metaphorical transposition to the coffeehouse, the nakedness of the women...

...version of a man's sphere, such as the coffeehouse,18 a place where ordinary conversations took place, "where all the news of the town is told, scandal invented etc." (Montagu, 59)? Just as Turkish women are sober conversationalists, Turkish men, writes Montagu, are...