Modern etiquette in public and private : including society at large, the etiquette of weddings, the ball-room, the dinner-table, the toilet, &c, &c

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MODERN ETIQUETTE iy.'JBBBU .o* ,.../ iVuL^^ ** IN PUBLICANDPR ivATE mm MODERN ETIQUETTE IN anfcpublic private* k.*vo I I ARBOR | Presented to the LIBRARY theof UNIVERSITYOFTORONTO by JIM WRIGHT MODERN ETIQUETTE ,, anbpublic private INCLUDING SOCIETY AT THE OFLARGE, ETIQUETTE WEDDINGS^ THE THEBALL-ROOM, DINNER-TABLE, THE &c. &>c.TOILET, H flew an& tRevfeefc EMtion LONDON FREDERICK WARNE AND CO. AND NEW YORK 1893 for Gentlemen.Etiquette ON THE MANNERS.IMPORTANCE OF GOOD HIGH birth and the of the butare few,good breeding privileges the habits and manners of a be all.gentleman acquired bymay It is of no use to that their attended withassert isacquisition little for a manner in is the result of a difficulty, perfect society succession of small sacrifices. No one can be well-perfectly manneredwho is and even minor virtue ofselfish, the punctuality can be attained at the ofonly expense pleasure. men it isis not to be learnt from association with ;Etiquette woman who creates as the of a ofstagesociety. Just height civilization can be measured the amount of deferencealways by which is to so the culture of a manwomen,paid particular can be his manner when in with ladies.gauged by company Primitive men hadused to round the food whichgather they won in the and throw the bones over their shoulderschase, to the who sat outside the circle. Primitive men madewomen, the women do all the hard and them all thework, gave heavy burdens to Civilized on thecarry.

Sujets

• Beauty
• Étiquette

Informations

• Publié par: les_archives_du_savoir
• Nombre de lectures: 10
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 9 Mo

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