The Lady's Guide to Perfect Gentility: In Manners, Dress, and Conversation ... Also a Useful Instructor in Letter Writing ...

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Derby & Jackson, 1856 - 216 páginas
 

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Página 153 - Always look people in the face when you speak to them, otherwise you will be thought conscious of some guilt; besides, you lose the opportunity of reading their countenances; from which you will much better learn the impression your discourse makes upon them, than you can possibly do from their words; for words are at the will of every one, but the countenance is frequently involuntary.
Página 80 - ... serious or glaring violation of decorum. In small matters, ladies are both able and willing to take care of themselves, and would prefer being allowed to overwhelm the unlucky offender in their own way. If, while walking up and down a public promenade, you should meet friends or acquaintances whom you do not intend to join, it is only necessary to salute them the first time of passing ; to bow or...
Página 147 - Do not be tempted to indulge in another proof of feminine indecorum, which may be countenanced, but can never be sanctioned by example ; that of addressing young gentlemen of your acquaintance, who are unconnected with you, by their Christian names. It opens the way to unpleasant familiarities on their part, more effectually than you can well imagine, unless you have been taught the painful lesson by the imprudence of a friend.
Página 103 - Pulling out your watch in company unasked, either at home or abroad, is a mark of ill-breeding; if at home, it appears as if you were...
Página 91 - ... stranger may be, or a position in which the bearer looks so foolish, or feels so uncomfortable. Then comes the • bow, a cold shake of the hand, with the few civil words of course, — and all because you come upon a stranger who is unprepared ; therefore give him time to read the letter you bring, and to consider how he may best show his regard for your introducer by his attentions to yourself. Observe, that
Página 30 - Roman alum, one drachm of camphor, half an ounce of sugar candy, a pound of ox-gall ; Mix, and stir well for ten minutes, or so, and repeat this stirring three or four times a day for a fortnight, till it appears clear and transparent. Strain through blotting paper, and bottle up for nse.
Página 96 - We are not obliged to go exactly at the appointed jour; it is even fashionable to go an hour later. Married ladies are accompanied by their husbands : unmarried ones, by their mother, or by an escort. REFUSING TO DANCE. A lady cannot refuse the invitation of a gentleman to dance, unless she has already accepted that of another, for she would be guilty of an incivility which might occasion trouble; she would,; moreover, seem to show contempt for him whom she refused, and would expose herself to receive...
Página 80 - ... while walking up and down a public promenade, you should meet friends or acquaintances whom you do not intend to join, it is only necessary to salute them the first time of passing ; to bow or to nod to them every round would be tiresome, and therefore improper; do not...
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Página 87 - ... cross your legs ; to extend your feet on the andirons ; to admire yourself with complacency in a glass ; to adjust, in an affected manner, your cravat, hair, dress, or handkerchief ; to remain without gloves ; to fold carefully your shawl, instead of throwing it with graceful negligence upon a table...

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