Rules for Walking the Streets (1737) [ Places / Practices ]
… to him in polite Company, if they are not supported by something else. People are caught at the first View by a genteel Dress; but they soon grow impatient to hear, whether the Man who wears it be a fine Gentleman , or a Coxcomb . If a … A couple of Footmen with Napkin Caps beneath their Hats, are complaining of the Miseries of Servitude.---A Laundress from her two pair of Stairs Casement, calls out to a Fellow running along the Streets, with a colour'd Handkerchief … a most impertinent Curiosity. Persons of Figure, when they chuse to amble the Publick Streets, should always appear in a Dress suitable to their Dignit; not only for the sake of the Way, and to prevent Insults; but to preserve the Respect due …
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