...who always thought and acted like a gentleman, lays down in his " Rules of Behaviour," that " every action in company ought to be with some sign of respect to those present." t And one cannot help fancying that personages, who are unavoidably constrained by their superior position...

...ETIQUET as of RELIGION. Extract from Washington's Code of Manners, written in his early youth — " Every action in company ought to be with some sign of respect to those present. Be no flatterer, neither play with any one that delights not to be played with. Read no papers, letters,...

...who always thought and acted like a gentleman, lays down in his " Hules of Behaviour," that " every action in company ought to be with some sign of respect to those present." t And one cannot help fancying that perponages, who are unavoidably constrained by their superior position...

...Every action in company ought to be with some sign of re- APPENDIX, spect to those present. No- "• 2. In the presence of others, sing not to yourself with a hum- Ruie« of r , . , ,, f Behavior ming noise, nor drum with your fingers or feet. 3. Sleep not when...

...preserved. One book was full of rules which he thought good, and therefore wrote out. This was one : — " In the presence of others sing not to yourself with...humming noise, nor drum with your fingers or feet." Another was: — "Think before you speak; pronounce not imperfectly, nor bring out your words too hastily,...

...features took their shape from the rules which he thus early selected and adopted as his guide. 1. Every action in company ought to be with some sign of respect...humming noise, nor drum with your fingers or feet 8. Speak not when others speak, sit not when others stand, and walk not when others stop. 4. Turn not...

...thus early selected and adopted as his guide, 1. Every action in company ought to be with some sien of respect to those present 2. In the presence of...not to yourself with a humming noise, nor drum with yoar fingers or feet 8. Speak not when others speak, sit not when others stand, and walk not when others...

...features took their shape from the rules which he thus early selected and adopted as his guide. 1. Every action in company ought to be with some sign of respect...humming noise, nor drum with your fingers or feet. 3. Speak not when others speak, sit not when others stand, and walk not when others stop. 4 Turn not...

...Nebraska Territory. — Settled by emigrants from the older States ; capital, Omaha city. 4494. Every action in company ought to be with some sign of respect to those present. m WORDS OF WASHINGTON. 4491. The following rules were found among the early papers of this great hero,...

...interesting to read, in the stiff boyish hand of that early time, such rules as these : — " Every action in company ought to be with some sign of respect to those present. " In the presence of others sing not to yourself with humming noise, nor drum with your fingers or...