| Christian Brothers - 1884 - 516 pages
...RULES OF BEHAVIOR. action in company ought to be done with some sign of respect to those present. In presence of others, sing not to yourself with a humming noise, nor drum with your fingers or feet. Sleep not when others speak; sit not when others stand; speak not when you should hold your peace;... | |
| William Swinton - 1886 - 396 pages
...illness — date of his decease — his last words. 54. — Washington's Rules of Behavior.1 1. EVERY action in company ought to be with some sign of respect to those present. 2. Turn not your back to others, especially in speaking ; jog not the table or desk on which another reads... | |
| Mary Mapes Dodge - 1886 - 504 pages
...committed them to memory, to secure an even temper and self-control. Here are a few of them : " Every action in company ought to be with some sign of respect to those present. " When you meet with one of greater quality than yourself, stop and retire, especially if it be at... | |
| Frank McAlpine - 1886 - 456 pages
...profit the youth of our land: Every action in company ought to be some sign of respect to those present. In the presence of others sing not to yourself with a humming voice, nor drum with your fingers or feet. Speak not when others speak, sit not when others stand,... | |
| Edward Everett Hale - 1887 - 436 pages
...applied, even after the lapse of a century, by intelligent young men or young women of to-day. 1. Every action in company ought to be with some sign of respect...humming noise, nor drum with your fingers or feet. 3. Sleep not when others speak, sit not when others stand, speak not when you should hold your peace,... | |
| George Washington - 1887 - 122 pages
...boy had a manly and honorable spirit that he could be trained in manly and honorable ways. 1. Every action in company ought to be with some sign of respect...humming noise, nor drum with your fingers or feet. 3. Sleep not when others speak, sit not when others stand, speak not when you should hold your peace,... | |
| George Washington - 1888 - 44 pages
...compared with and 'corrected therefrom, even where errors or omissions are obvious.] Ist EVERY Action done in Company, ought to be with Some Sign of Respect, to those that are Present.(1) 2? When in Company, put not your Hands to any Part of the Body, not usualy Discovered.... | |
| Walter Raleigh Houghton - 1889 - 424 pages
...in his biography of Washington. They are interesting and valuable, and we give them entire. " 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 a humming voice, nor drum with your fingers or... | |
| Richard A. Wells - 1890 - 548 pages
...Company." We give these rules entire, as they cannot fail to both interest and profit the reader: 1. Every action in company ought to be with some sign of respect...presence of others sing not to yourself with a humming voice, nor drum with your fingers or feet. 3. Speak not when others speak, sit not when others stand... | |
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