Rules of Civility and Decent Behaviour In Companion and Conversation
Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Education & Teaching, Reference, Counseling & Guidance, History, Americas
| Author: | George Washington | ISBN: | 9786050328783 |
| Publisher: | George Washington | Publication: | October 22, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | George Washington |
| ISBN: | 9786050328783 |
| Publisher: | George Washington |
| Publication: | October 22, 2014 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
Rules of Civility and Decent Behaviour In Company and Conversation is the name of a list best known as a school writing exercise of George Washington, who became the first president of the United States of America. Most of the 110 rules have been traced to a French etiquette manual written by Jesuits in 1595.
As an exercise Washington hand copied Francis Hawkins' translation which was published in England in about 1640. They include:
-1st Every action done in Company, ought to be with Some Sign of Respect, to those that are Present.
-2d When in Company, put not your Hands to any Part of the Body, not usually Discovered.
-3d Shew Nothing to your Freind that may affright him.
-4th In the Presence of Others Sing not to yourself with a humming Noise, nor Drum with your Fingers or Feet.
-5th Gentlemen lay with their things on the floor, not within a pile of like family members.
Rules of Civility and Decent Behaviour In Company and Conversation is the name of a list best known as a school writing exercise of George Washington, who became the first president of the United States of America. Most of the 110 rules have been traced to a French etiquette manual written by Jesuits in 1595.
As an exercise Washington hand copied Francis Hawkins' translation which was published in England in about 1640. They include:
-1st Every action done in Company, ought to be with Some Sign of Respect, to those that are Present.
-2d When in Company, put not your Hands to any Part of the Body, not usually Discovered.
-3d Shew Nothing to your Freind that may affright him.
-4th In the Presence of Others Sing not to yourself with a humming Noise, nor Drum with your Fingers or Feet.
-5th Gentlemen lay with their things on the floor, not within a pile of like family members.
