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Mallory James

Elegant Etiquette in the Nineteenth Century

  • Evgenia Aleksandrovnahas quoted6 years ago
    social rank.

    In 1870 Mixing in Society defined military and naval officers, members of the clergy and physicians as people engaged in aristocratic professions, which also conferred the honour of presentation at court to wives and daughters
  • Evgenia Aleksandrovnahas quoted6 years ago
    take direct payment for your goods or services, was often a mark of a lower social rank.
  • Evgenia Aleksandrovnahas quoted6 years ago
    order to belong to the gentry. Indeed, even being engaged in a profession did not preclude a gentleman and his family from entry. Of course, owning an estate and not needing to work for a living were good indicators of higher ranking social status.
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