The ideal of a gentleman, or, A mirror for gentlefolks
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The ideal of a gentleman, or, A mirror for gentlefolks
a portrayal in literature from the earliest times
by Abram Smythe Palmer
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The ideal of a gentleman, or, A mirror for gentlefolks: a portrayal in literature from the earliest times
1908, Routledge, Dutton
in English
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Table of Contents
| I. The historical idea of a gentleman. | ||
| II. Definition of a gentleman. | ||
| III. The inwardness or essential quality of a gentleman. | ||
| IV. The herald's gentleman. | ||
| V. Ancestry. | ||
| VI. Wealth and work. | ||
| VII. Manners and good breeding. | ||
| VII. Traits of gentlehood. | ||
| IX. Precepts of gentlehood. | ||
| X. The poets' gentleman. | ||
| XI. The gentleman exemplified. | ||
| XII. Gentlemen of other nations. | ||
| XIII. Ironical and abusive acceptation of "gentleman." | ||
| XIV. Conclusion. Index. |
Edition Notes
With an engraved frontispiece of Sir Philip Sidney.
On inside cover : "With best wishes for a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from Henry S. Wellcome. Christmas, 1909."
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