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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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Studies in Conduct with Character Case Conferences, Volume 1

Elizabeth F. Hague, Mary Chalmers, Marie A. Kelly - Conduct of life - 1928 - 424 pages
...especially in speaking; jog not the table or desk upon which another writes or reads; lean not on anyone. 7. 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 anyone so as to read them, unless...
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Reading and Literature, Book 2

Melvin Everett Haggerty - American literature - 1927 - 584 pages
...especially in speaking ; jog not the table or desk on which another reads or writes ; lean not on anyone. 5. Read no letters, books, or papers in company ; but when there is necessity for doing it, you must ask leave. Come not near the books or writings of anyone so as to...
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Honor to George Washington and Reading about George Washington: Pamphlets 1 ...

Albert Bushnell Hart - 1932 - 220 pages
...Ordinary . . . "17th Be no Flaterer, netiher Play with any that delights not to be Play'd Withal. "18th Read no Letters, Books, or Papers in Company but when...or give your opinion of them unask'd also look not high when another is writing a Letter. . . . "21st Reproach none for the Infirmaties of Nature, nor...
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George Washington: Young Leader

Augusta Stevenson - Juvenile Fiction - 1986 - 198 pages
...always for the newcomer. "Read no letters, book or papers in company. But should that be necessary, you must ask leave. "Come not near the books or writings of anyone so as to read them. "Take nothing up from another's desk. "Look not when another is writing...
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The Book of Virtues for Young People: A Treasury of Great Moral Stories

William J. Bennett - Juvenile Fiction - 1997 - 392 pages
...not on anyone. 5. Be no flatterer, neither play with anyone 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 anyone so as to read them unasked;...
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Unlimited Access: An FBI Agent Inside the Clinton White House

Gary Aldrich - History - 1998 - 322 pages
...the enemy or the cause ever been gray." George Washington's Rules of Civility and Decent Behaviour: "Read no letters, books or papers in company; but...the books or writings of another so as to read them or give your opinion of them unasked; also look not nigh when another is writing a letter." In late...
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The Invention of George Washington

Paul K. Longmore - Biography & Autobiography - 1999 - 356 pages
...do it let it be done wt. a Pick Tooth[.]" Rule 18, "[C]ome not near the Books or Writings of Another as to read them unless desired or give your opinion...also look not nigh when another is writing a Letter." Rule 21, "Reproach none for the infirmaties of Nature, nor Delight to Put them that have in mind thereof."...
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Choosing Civility: The Twenty-five Rules of Considerate Conduct

P. M. Forni - Reference - 2002 - 209 pages
...your coworkers' workstations, and refrain from picking up and examining anything belonging to them. COME NOT NEAR THE BOOKS OR WRITINGS OF ANOTHER SO AS TO READ THEM UNLESS DESIRED; ALSO LOOK NOT NIGH WHEN ANOTHER IS WRITING A LETTER. — George Washington Show no interest in your...
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George Washington's Leadership Lessons: What the Father of Our Country Can ...

James Rees, Stephen J. Spignesi - Business & Economics - 2011 - 253 pages
...too Close. 17th Be no Flatterer, neither Play with any that delights not to be Play'd Withal. 18th Read no Letters, Books, or Papers in Company but when...also look not nigh when another is writing a Letter. Early to rise . . . Washington was an avid reader and a prolific letter writer, yet the ceaseless parade...
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Detroit Educational Bulletin, Volumes 2-3

Detroit (Mich.). Board of Education - 1918 - 444 pages
...others, especially in speaking. Jog not the table on which another reads or writes. Lean not on any one. Read no letters, books, or papers in company. But when there is a necessity for doing it, you must ask leave. Look not nigh "when another is writing a letter. Let your countenance...
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