The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness: Being a Complete Guide for a Gentleman's Conduct in All His Relations Towards Society : Containing Rules for the Etiquette to be Observed in the Street, at Table, in the Ball Room, Evening Party, and Morning Call : with Full Directions for Polite Correspndence, Dress, Conversation, Manly Exercises, and Accomplishments : from the Best French, English, and American AuthoritiesG.W. Cottrell, 1860 - 332 Seiten |
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... them about their works . To speak in terms of admiration of any work to the author is in bad taste ; but you may give pleasure , if , by a quotation from their writings , or a happy reference to them , CONVERSATION . 25.
... them about their works . To speak in terms of admiration of any work to the author is in bad taste ; but you may give pleasure , if , by a quotation from their writings , or a happy reference to them , CONVERSATION . 25.
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... happy reference to them , you prove that you have read and appreciated them . It is extremely rude and pedantic , when engaged in general conversation , to make quotations in a foreign language . To use phrases which admit of a double ...
... happy reference to them , you prove that you have read and appreciated them . It is extremely rude and pedantic , when engaged in general conversation , to make quotations in a foreign language . To use phrases which admit of a double ...
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... happy to send you some more ; but I must just remark , that it is not the custom to take two helpings of soup , and it is liable to keep other people waiting , which , once for all , is a selfish and intolerable habit . But don't you ...
... happy to send you some more ; but I must just remark , that it is not the custom to take two helpings of soup , and it is liable to keep other people waiting , which , once for all , is a selfish and intolerable habit . But don't you ...
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... happy medium . which allows taste and judgment to preside over the wardrobe and toilet - table , while it prevents too great an attention to either , and never allows personal appearance to become the leading object of life . The French ...
... happy medium . which allows taste and judgment to preside over the wardrobe and toilet - table , while it prevents too great an attention to either , and never allows personal appearance to become the leading object of life . The French ...
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... happy medium between these two , which is not given to every one to hold , inasmuch as good taste is rare , and is a sine qua non thereof . Thus while you avoid ornament and all fastness , you must cultivate fashion , that is good ...
... happy medium between these two , which is not given to every one to hold , inasmuch as good taste is rare , and is a sine qua non thereof . Thus while you avoid ornament and all fastness , you must cultivate fashion , that is good ...
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
acquaintance agreeable allow amusement attention avoid bad breeding bad taste ball room beauty Bishop of Bayeux breeding bride bridesmaids business letter carriage clothes coat colors companion compliment conversation courtesy dance daugh dinner dish dress elegant endeavor engaged escort etiquette exercise fashion favor feel fluid ounce fork gentle gentleman give gloves graceful habits hand happy heart honor horse host hostess intercourse invite keep kind knife lady's leave letter look Lord Chesterfield manner mind morning dress never offend offer panion partner party pass person pleasure politeness Polka-Mazurka quadrille ride ridicule round dances rude rules Saint Martin Schottische seat servant smoke society soon speak street style table etiquette talk tarlatane thing tion tricity unless vulgar waistcoat wait walk waltz wear well-bred wish words write
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Seite 45 - Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me : if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right ; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.
Seite 305 - When an awkward fellow first comes into a room, it is highly probable that his sword gets between his legs and throws him down, or makes him stumble, at least.
Seite 314 - ... abandon it. A constant hammering on one nail, will generally drive it home at last, so that it can be clinched. When a man's undivided attention is...
Seite 48 - And as he thus spake for himself, Festus said with a loud voice, Paul, thou art beside thyself; much learning doth make thee mad.
Seite 48 - And Paul said, I would to God, that not only thou, but also all that hear me this day, were both almost and altogether such as I am, except these bonds.
Seite 308 - To begin a story or narration, when you are not perfect in it, and cannot go through with it, but are forced, possibly, to say in the middle of it, " I have forgot the rest," is very unpleasant and bungling.
Seite 48 - For the king knoweth of these things before whom also I speak freely; for I am persuaded that none of these things are hidden from him; for this thing was not done in a corner.
Seite 187 - Talent is something, but tact is everything. Talent is serious, sober, grave, and respectable ; tact is all that and more too. It is not a sixth sense, but it is the life of all the five. It is the open eye, the quick ear, the judging taste, the keen smell, and the lively touch ; it is the interpreter of all riddles — the surmounter of all difficulties — the remover of all obstacles.
Seite 213 - Do not let us lie at all. Do not think of one falsity as harmless, and another as slight, and another as unintended. Cast them all aside: they may be light and accidental; but they are...
Seite 316 - Resolve to edge in a little reading every day, if it is but a single sentence. If you gain fifteen minutes a day, it will make itself felt at the end of the year.