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" Read no letters, books, or papers in company ; but, when there is a necessity for doing it, you must ask leave. Come not near the books or writings of any one so as to read them, unless desired, nor give your opinion of them unasked ; also, look not nigh... "
The Story-life of Washington: A Life-history in Five Hundred True Stories ... - Page 55
by Wayne Whipple - 1911 - 709 pages
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The Republican Court: Or, American Society in the Days of Washington

Rufus Wilmot Griswold - United States - 1855 - 532 pages
...not on any one. 5. Be no flatterer, neither play with any one that delights not to be played with. 6. Read no letters, books, or papers in company; but when there is a necessity for doing it you must ask leave. Come not near the books or writings of any one so as to read them, unasked;...
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The Republican Court: Or, American Society in the Days of Washington

Rufus Wilmot Griswold - United States - 1855 - 516 pages
...any one. 5. Be no flatterer, neither play with any one that delights not to be played with. 6. Kead no letters, books, or papers in company; but when there Is a necessity for doing 1t, you must ask leave. Come not near the books or writings of any one so as to read them, unasked...
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American Monthly Knickerbocker, Volume 48

Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew - American periodicals - 1856 - 766 pages
...any one. ' 5. Be no flatterer, neither play with any one that delight* not to be played with. ' 0. Read no letters, books, or papers in company ; but when there is a necessity for tiding it, you must ask leave. Come not near the books or writings of any one so as to read them, unasked...
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The Republican Court: Or, American Society in the Days of Washington

Rufus Wilmot Griswold - United States - 1856 - 466 pages
...any one. 5. Be no flatterer, neither play with any one that delights not to be played with. 6. Eead no letters, books, or papers in company ; but when there is a necessity for doing it, you must ask leave. Come not near the books or writings of any one so as to read them, unasked;...
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Memoirs of Washington

Caroline Matilda Kirkland - 1857 - 594 pages
...books, or papers in company ; but 1744.] MANNERS AND MORALS. 67 when there is a necessity for doing it, you must ask leave. Come not near the books or writings of any onc so as to read them, unless desired, nor give your opinion of them unasked ; also, look not...
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The Republican Court, Or, American Society in the Days of Washington

Rufus Wilmot Griswold - United States - 1867 - 604 pages
...any one, 5. Be no flatterer, neither play with any one that delights not to be played with. ft. Bead no letters, books, or papers In company ; but when there Is a necessity for doing It, you must ask leave. Come not near the books or writings of any one so as to read them, unasked...
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Manners: Or, Happy Homes and Good Society All the Year Round

Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - Conduct of life - 1868 - 394 pages
...books or writings of any one so as to read them unless desired nor give your opinion of them unasked; also look not nigh when another is writing a letter....be pleasant, but in serious matters somewhat grave. Show not yourself glad at the misfortunes of another, though he were your enemy. When you meet with...
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Good Manners: A Manual of Etiquette in Good Society

Etiquette - 1870 - 268 pages
...when others stop. 5. Be no flatterer, neither play wkh any one that delights not to be played with. 6. Read no letters, books, or papers in company ; but when there is a necessity for doing it, you must ask leave. Come not near the books or writings of any one so as to read them, 13...
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Words of Washington

George Washington - Presidents - 1871 - 240 pages
...your fingers or feet. Be no flatterer ; neither play with any one that delights not to be played with. Read no letters, books, or papers in company ; but when there is a necessity for doing it, you must ask leave. Come not near the books or writings of any one so as to read them, unless...
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Soldier and Patriot. The Story of George Washington. [With a Portrait.]

Frances Mary Owen - 1873 - 280 pages
...one. " 5. Be no flatterer ; neither play with any one that delights not to be played with. • " 6. Read no letters, books, or papers in company ; but when there is a necessity for doing it you must ask leave. Come not near the books or writ ings of any one so as to read them, unless...
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