Rules for Walking the Streets (1737) [ Places / Practices ]
… Gentleman, with others walking in his Com pany, the reft (though Strangers to the Party) are to return it. Two Companies meeting and passing each other, there cannot be a greater Rudeness, than for any one to look back with a Grin over the … by a Carcass Butcher, from a Bulk in Fleet-Street, with a Request, to bear a Hand to help him up with, his Basket . Two meeting in a narrow dirty Pathway, the Party that gives way is to receive the Civility of the Hat, or a Curtesy from a …
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