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at last have forbore to molest us any more that Way.
They live very soberly and in great Continency
As to the Transgresions of the seventh Commandment, we never have found them guilty in that Point, either in Words or Deeds, except what passes amongst the married People in their publick Diversions, as we shall see hereafter.
They give Honour and shew mutual Civility to one another.
As for what we call Civility and Compliments, they do not much trouble themselves about them. They go and come, meet and pass one another, without making Use of any Greeting or Salutation. Yet they are far from being unmannerly or uncivil in their Conversation; for they make a Difference among Persons, and give more Honour to one than to another, according to their Merit and Deserts. They never enter any House, where they are Strangers, unless they are invited; and when they come in, the Master of the House, to whom they pay the Visit, shews them the Place where they are to take their Seat.
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