Narcissus; or, the young man's entertaining mirror: containing a humorous descant on manners; Delivered in a Plain and Familiar Stile. Shewing Him A genteel, easy, and decent Carriage and Behaviour, from Infancy to Years of Maturity, according to the Sentiments and Practice of all well-bred Persons, whether at Church, at Table, at Home, or Abroad; in company with Superiors, Equals, or Inferiors; in Action, Conversation, Poetry, Music, Dancing, Fencing, and all Kinds of genteel Accomplishments and polite Address. Variously interspersed with Spanish Proverbs, applicable to the Subject. Taken from the Spanish Galateo of Don Lucas Gracian de Antisco, and adapted to the manners of the British nation. By Charles Wiseman, N. P. S. T.
- Gracián Dantisco, Lucas.
- Date:
- 1778
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Galateo español. English
Publication/Creation
London : printed for J. Bew, No. 28, Paternoster-Row, 1778.
Physical description
xi,[5],252p. ; 120.
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References note
ESTC T109028
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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. (Eighteenth century collections online). Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.