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Old and New London
… the English stage, and in farces supposed to represent the manners of (say) 1825, elderly gentlemen were attired after … general interest; being for the most part mirrors of the manners and customs of the times, and touching in a humorous … "But as great a change has taken place in the habits and manners of the boys as in the locality, and the regulations …
Old and New London
… was pleased to pass a high compliment on the elegant manners of the sovereign. In speaking of this interview, the … he afterwards observed to his friend Langton, 'Sir, his manners are those of as fine a gentleman as we may suppose … scandalised himselfin the cause of his "Diary"at the lax manners of Charles II.'s court. It would have been scarcely …