Etiquette: Social Ethics, and the Courtesies of SocietyWm. S. Orr & Company, 1854 - 80 oldal |
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Etiquette, Social Ethics, and the Courtesies of Society (1854) Anonymous Nincs elérhető előnézet - 2009 |
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acquaintance act otherwise addressed agreeable AMEN CORNER amusement Archbishop of York attention attire baronet barons beauty become Beefsteak Club bride Carefully avoid carriage ceremony cerning contrary conversation Corsaletto courteous custom dance desire dinner domestic circle drawing-room dress Duke Duke of Cornwall Elysium engaged entertain especially father feeling friends gentleman gentlewoman give Grace guests habit happiness Hatton Garden heart hour husband instance introduced invitation kind kindly leave letter of introduction LETTERS PATENT Loftus look Lord manner married ladies master mind mistress Morning calls mother neglect never occasions occur parties pass peculiar persons pleasure politeness present rank receive regard remember render respect Right Honourables Royal George rules of etiquette Salcombe servant sisters speaking stranger taste Tatler things thought tion trifling uniformly viduals Viscount visitors wedding breakfast well-bred wife wish woman words young lady
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38. oldal - She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness. Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her.
35. oldal - On the wife especially devolves the privilege and pleasure of rendering home happy. We shall, therefore, speak of such duties and observances as pertain to her. When a young wife first settles in her home, many excellent persons, with more zeal, it may be, than discretion, immediately propose that she should devote some of her leisure time to charitable purposes: such, for instance, as clothing societies for the poor, or schools, or district visiting. We say with all...
16. oldal - ... of a gentleman to dance, unless she be previously engaged. The hostess must be supposed to have asked to her house only those persons whom she knows to be perfectly respectable and of unblemished character, as well as pretty equal in position; and thus, to decline the offer of any gentleman present, would be a tacit reflection on the master and mistress of the house. It may be mentioned here, more especially for the young who will read this book, that introductions at balls or evening parties,...
68. oldal - And these are the names of the dukes that came of Esau, according to their families, after their places, by their names; duke Timnah, duke Alvah, duke Jetheth...
41. oldal - Be not selfish, but complying in small things. If your wife dislikes cigars — and few young women like to have their clothes tainted by tobacco — leave off smoking; for it is at best, an ungentlemanly and dirty habit. If your wife asks you to read to her, do not put your feet upon a chair and go to sleep. If she is fond of music, accompany her as you were wont when you sought her for a bride. The husband may say that he is tired, and does not like music, or reading aloud. This may occasionally...
60. oldal - There is a certain frivolous falsehood that people indulge themselves in, which ought to be had in greater detestation than it commonly meets with ; what I mean is a neglect of promises made on small and indifferent occasions, such as parties of pleasure, entertainments, and sometimes meetings out of curiosity, in men of like faculties, to be in each other's company. There are many causes to which one may assign this light infidelity. Jack Sippet never keeps the hour he has appointed to come to a...
39. oldal - Remember that you have now, as a married man a very different standing in society from the one which you previously held, and that the happiness of another is committed to your charge. Render, therefore, your home happy by kindness and attention to your wife, and carefully watch over your words and actions. If small disputes arise, and your wife has not sufficient good sense to yield her opinion; nay, if she even seems determined to have her own way, and that tenaciously, do not get angry; rather...
36. oldal - In all money matters, act openly and honorably* Keep your accounts with the most scrupulous exactness, and let your husband see that you take an honest pride in rightly appropriating the money which he intrusts to you. "My husband works hard for every dollar that he earns," said a young married lady, the wife of a professional man, to a friend who found her busily employed in sewing buttons on her husband's coat, "and it seems to me worse than cruel to lay out a dime unnecessarily.
33. oldal - ... intimate friends, then a breakfast, then leave upon the "bridal tour." MARRIAGE-FEES. A rich man may give to the officiating clergyman any sum from five dollars to five hundred, according as his liberality dictates. A person of moderate means may give from five dollars to twenty. LET JOY BE UNCONFINED. On such festive occasions, all appear in their best attire, and assume their best manners. Peculiarities that pertain to past days, or have been unwarily adopted, should be guarded against; mysteries...
22. oldal - OF LADIES. Ladies in the present day are allowed considerable license in paying and receiving visits; subject, however, to certain rules, which it is needful to define. VISITING ACQUAINTANCES ALONE. Young married ladies may visit their acquaintances alone; but they may not appear in any public places unattended by their husbands or elder ladies. This rule must never be infringed, whether as regards exhibitions, or public libraries, museums, or promenades; but a young married lady is at liberty to...