Show OF timea affectation mark of fashion in th eighteenth century in social england the following appears as abe exaggerated courtesy of fashionable people early in the eighteenth century chesterfield teaches that it Is borlee to con a friend on his approaching marriage with merely I 1 wish you joy when be should have said believe ne my dear sir I 1 have scarce word to express the joy I 1 feel upon your happy alliance with such and such a family the compliment of condol ence on a bereavement should be not I 1 am sorry tor your loss but I 1 hope sir you will do me the justice to be persuaded that I 1 am not insensible of your unhappiness that I 1 take part in your distress and shall ever be affect ed when you are so his child began lessons in breeding at 9 years old having till then learned latin greek french history and geography he Is warned to beware of using proverbial sayings in bis speech such as one man s meat Is another man poison or everyone to his taste as the good man said when he kissed the cow he must attend to the graceful motion of his arms the manner ot put ting on his bat and giving his hand horace walpole s entrance into a room Is described by an eyewitness a in the style of affected delicacy which fashion had made almost natural chareau bras between his hands as he wished to compress it or hi arm and feet on tiptoes aa U kerald of a wet floor |