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, … is assembled, as one passes along, is 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 …
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