Rules for Walking the Streets (1737) [ Places / Practices ]
… There are the Marks of English Familiarities, pure Sallies of Kindness and Demnonstrations of Friendihip. To pursue a Woman too closely, and fasten upon her with one's Eyes, is counted very unmannerly; the Reason is plain, it makes her … into visible Disorders; as the Eyes are the Windows of the Soul, so this staring Impudence flings a raw unexperienc'd Woman into panick Fears; as one easily perceives when you earnestly fix your Eyes at a Woman's Feet , because you instantly bring her to the same Level . To gape into any Dining-Room, or Parlour, where …
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