Rules for Walking the Streets (1737) [ Places / Practices ]
… them, like a Butcher out of a Tavern Window; nor must we leave the Person we are walking with, to run to them. When the Civility of the Hat is given to a Gentleman, with others walking in his Com pany, the reft (though Strangers to the … 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 Woman. It is Indiscreet and Vulgar, when two People meet in the Street, to …
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