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The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness
·
Florence Hartley
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A
habit
of
inserting
into
familiar
conversation
such
phrases
as
"You
know,"
"You
perceive,"
"You
understand,"
"Says
he,"
"Says
she,"
is,
so
far
as
those
matters
extend,
a
sign
of
a
want
of
good
breeding.
With
regard
to
any
specific
rules
for
dressing,
we
do
not
pretend
to
arbitrate
in
such
matters.
Let
a
true
sense
of
propriety,
of
the
fitness
of
things,
regulate
all
your
habits
of
living
and
dressing,
and
it
will
produce
such
a
beautiful
harmony
and
consistency
of
character
as
will
throw
a
charm
around
you
that
all
will
feel,
though
few
may
comprehend.
Always
consider
well
whether
the
articles
of
dress,
which
you
wish
to
purchase,
are
suited
to
your
age,
your
condition,
your
means;
to
the
climate,
to
the
particular
use
to
which
you
mean
to
put
them;
and
let
the
principles
of
good
taste
keep
you
from
the
extremes
of
the
fashion,
and
regulate
the
form,
so
as
to
combine
utility
and
beauty,
whilst
the
known
rules
of
harmony
in
colors
save
you
from
shocking
the
eye
of
the
artist
by
incongruous
mixtures.
"Manners,"
says
the
eloquent
Edmund
Burke,
"are
of
more
importance
than
laws.
Upon
them,
in
a
great
measure,
the
laws
depend.
The
law
can
touch
us
here
and
there,
now
and
then.
Manners
are
what
vex
or
sooth,
corrupt
or
purify,
exalt
or
debase,
barbarise
or
refine,
by
a
constant,
steady,
uniform,
insensible
operation,
like
that
of
the
air
we
breathe
in.
They
give
their
whole
form
and
colors
to
our
lives.
According
to
their
quality
they
aid
morals,
they
supply
them,
or
they
totally
destroy
them."
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