The Hand-Book of Etiquette

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: ETIQUETTE OF COURTSHIP AND ENGAGEMENTS. Courtships and engagements are not always simultaneous. Sometimes courtship makes progress before an engagement is entered on; but, according to the strict code of our forefathers, a gentleman should ask the consent of the parents or guardians before he endeavours to win the affections of the young lady. Hearts are, however, often won and lost before young people are aware of it. In youth the affections are so warm, that with many it saems a'necessity to love and be beloved. These considerations should make parents very careful whom they receive as intimate friends. In fact, it is thought by some, that where there are daughters, no constant visits should be paid by young men, excepting by those whom parents would think eligible, in case of a mutual attachment. Perhaps this is carrying caution rather too far; but much care is necessary where there are young ladies just introduced into the world. Men given to dissipation of any kind, and men of unmeaning…

Издательство

General Books

Год

2012

Страниц

66

Язык

английский

ISBN

9781458918741