Rules for Walking the Streets (1737) [ Places / Practices ]
… Rules for walking the Streets and other Publick Places If we walk in the Park, or any other Publick Place, with a Superior, we are always to observe to give him the upper Hand; and if three or more be in Company, we are to take care to place him in the Middle. The like Rule is to be observ'd to a Lady, if she be walking with Gentlemen. The Ladies are to pay the same Complement to Gentlemen, when they are the Majority of Three . If whilst … not to Bawl and Hem after 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 …
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