Tag: Gentlemen

Manly Manners Book Out On The Town 

March 19, 2014September 11, 2015

Getting Hammered

0 Comment alcohol, Blackthorne, drugs, Gentlemen, Hammered, Isaiah, samurai in Shogun, Substance Abuse

Gentlemen stay in control. Even when they’re not in control, they find it useful to foster the illusion of control. Restraint and self-control are

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Manly Manners Book Public Life 

March 19, 2014September 12, 2015

George, Thomas and Those Other Guys

0 Comment Alexander Hamilton, ambassador to France, America’s commercial success, American Revolution, architecture, art, Benjamin Franklin, Bon Vivant, book on manners, businessman, diplomat in France, fathers, first president, France, Franklin, French ladies, Gentlemen, George Washington, Hamilton, international scientist, inventor, Jefferson, Maria Cosway, military leadership, philanthropist, publisher, Richard Morris, savoring literature, Thomas Jefferson, Treasury Secretary, urbane, Valley Forge, Virginia capital, Washington, Williamsburg

Which of the following founding fathers were gentlemen? A. Thomas Jefferson B. George Washington C. Richard Morris D. Benjamin Franklin E. Alexander Hamilton Thomas

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Manly Manners Book The Angry Communications Thing 

March 18, 2014September 14, 2015

Arguments

0 Comment Argument, Gentlemen, Oxford, shouting, typographical equivalent, Yale

Gentlemen never raise their voices. (We were going to capitalize the word “never”, but then we remembered that is the typographical equivalent of shouting.)

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Manly Manners Quotes 

March 14, 2014September 17, 2015

Cornelius Vanderbilt

0 Comment cheat, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Gentlemen, Quotes, ruin, sue, undertaken

Gentlemen, you have undertaken to cheat me. I will not sue you, for the law takes too long. I will ruin you.

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