1800s Advice and Etiquette for Men
It is extremely indecent to spit, cough, and expectorate, (as it were,) in company, as some hearty fellows are apt to do; and more so, when you have blown your nose, to draw aside and examine the contents of your handkerchief; as if you expected pearls or rubies to distil from your brain.
Practical Morality, Or, A Guide to Men and Manners... (1813). United Kingdom: J. Walker.
It is extremely indecent to spit, cough, and expectorate, (as it were,) in company, as some hearty fellows are apt to do; and more so, when you have blown your nose, to draw aside and examine the contents of your handkerchief; as if you expected pearls or rubies to distil from your brain.
Practical Morality, Or, A Guide to Men and Manners... (1813). United Kingdom: J. Walker.
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