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| 5 | 198 | Other lessons were View more quotes about almost">almost, one might say, lessons in customs, manners and decorum. |
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| 5 | 195 | They seemed to be the most common brand, at least of those I had seen. |
| 5 | 196 | The lessons of which the man had spoken were not all linguistic, of course. |
| 5 | 197 | I had also received lessons in the proper performance of domestic servilities, such as cooking, sewing, laundering, cleaning, and such. |
| 5 | 198 | Other lessons were almost, one might say, lessons in customs, manners and decorum. |
| 5 | 199 | For example, we were taught how to serve at a table, deferentially, skillfully, unobtrusively and, for the most part, silently, and how to move and walk, and kneel and rise, gracefully, and even such tiny, interesting things, as how to pick up a fallen object, by crouching down, retrieving it, rather than bending over. |
| 5 | 200 | We were being taught, it seemed, to be graceful and beautiful. |
| 5 | 201 | Too, of course, we were taught our place, and proper relations to men. |