Rules for Walking the Streets (1737) [ Places / Practices ]
… same Complement to Gentlemen, when they are the Majority of Three . If whilst we are walking, we see any Person of our Acquaintance, or their Servants pass, we are not to Bawl and Hem after them, like a Butcher out of a Tavern Window; … , or a Coxcomb . If a proud Fellow, of more Fortune than Merit, puts a contemptible Look , or an escaping Eye on an Acquaintance, because he is in lesser Circumitances than himself, the Blemishes of his Life, are but justly remember'd …
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