...— 'And you're a bold face,' — 'Eh, ye dear little toad,' — 'Come, bus.' They'd hug and play and toy and go out by couples into another room, on the same floor, to he 'married,' as they called it." On the whole one gains the impression that homosexual practices were...

...curtsy, and tnimu the voices of women. After deciding on a partner for the evening, they would go to another room on the same floor "to be married, as they called it fi,e., to have sexual relationsl." Since no one came forward to delend Mother Clap, the judge asked...

...get up, dance and make curtsies, and mimic the voices of women... Then they would hug, and play, and toy, and go out by couples into another room on the same floor to be married, as they called it.' 3 Samuel Stevens was probably an agent for the Societies for the Reformation of Manners, a crusading...

...Devil, - and you're a bold Face. - Eh ye little dear Toad! Come, buss! -Then they'd hug, and play, and toy, and go out by Couples into another Room on the same Floor, to be marry'd, as they call'd it.' Margaret Clap was found guilty of keeping a disorderly house in which...

...get up, dance and make Curtsies, and mimick the voices of Women. . . . Then they'd hug, and play and toy, and go out by Couples into another Room on the same Floor, to be marry'd, as they call'd it."21 Sexual activities between men mostly involved anal penetration, masturbation,...

...up, dance and make curtsies, and mimic the voices of women. . . . Then they would hug, and play, and toy, and go out by couples into another room on the same floor to be married, as they called it." Another firsthand account of a molly house includes a description of a costume ball held there: "The...

...get up, Dance and make Curtsies, and mimick the voices of Women. . . . Then they'd hug, and play, and toy, and go out by Couples into another Room on the same Floor, to be marr^d, as they call'd it.2 There were men dressed as women: "Some were completely rigged in gowns,...