It was not very unusual at Washington for a lady to take the arm of a gentleman, who was neither her husband, her father, norher brother. This remarkable relaxation of American decorum has been probably introduced by the foreign legations.


Domestic Manners of the Americans (ed. 1832)

Frances Trollope Quotes

It was not very unusual at Washington for a lady to take the arm of a gentleman, who was neither her husband, her father, norher brother. This...

It was not very unusual at Washington for a lady to take the arm of a gentleman, who was neither her husband, her father, norher brother. This...

It was not very unusual at Washington for a lady to take the arm of a gentleman, who was neither her husband, her father, norher brother. This...

It was not very unusual at Washington for a lady to take the arm of a gentleman, who was neither her husband, her father, norher brother. This...