86TH: In Disputes, be not So Desireous to Overcome as not to give Liberty to each one to deliver his Opinion and Submit to the Judgment of the Major Part especially if they are Judges of the Dispute.
87TH: Let thy carriage be such as becomes a Man Grave Settled and attentive to that which is spoken. Contradict not at every turn what others Say.
88TH: Be not tedious in Discourse, make not many Digressigns, nor repeat often the Same manner of Discourse.
89TH: Speak not Evil of the absent for it is unjust.
90TH: Being Set at meat Scratch not neither Spit Cough or blow your Nose except there’s a Necessity for it.
91ST: Make no Shew of taking great Delight in your Victuals, Feed not with Greediness; cut your Bread with a Knife, lean not on the Table neither find fault with what you Eat.
92ND: Take no Salt or cut Bread with your Knife Greasy.
93RD: Entertaining any one at table it is decent to present him wt. meat, Undertake not to help others undesired by the Master.
94TH: If you Soak bread in the Sauce let it be no more than what you put in your Mouth at a time and blow not your broth at Table but Stay till Cools of it Self.
95TH: Put not your meat to your Mouth with your Knife in your hand neither Spit forth the Stones of any fruit Pye upon a Dish nor Cast anything under the table.
96TH: It’s unbecoming to Stoop much to ones Meat Keep your Fingers clean & when foul wipe them on a Corner of your Table Napkin.
97TH: Put not another bit into your Mouth til the former be Swallowed let not your Morsels be too big for the Gowls.
98TH: Drink not nor talk with your mouth full neither Gaze about you while you are a Drinking.
99TH: Drink not too leisurely nor yet too hastily. Before and after Drinking wipe your Lips breath not then or Ever with too Great a Noise, for its uncivil.
100TH: Cleanse not your teeth with the Table Cloth Napkin Fork or Knife but if Others do it let it be done wt. a Pick Tooth.
101ST: Rince not your Mouth in the Presence of Others.
102ND: It is out of use to call upon the Company often to Eat nor need you Drink to others every Time you Drink.
103RD: In Company of your Betters be not longer in eating than they are lay not your Arm but only your hand upon the table.
104TH: It belongs to the Chiefest in Company to unfold his Napkin and fall to Meat first, But he ought then to Begin in time & to Dispatch with Dexterity that the Slowest may have time allowed him.
105TH: Be not Angry at Table whatever happens & if you have reason to be so, Shew it not but on a Chearfull Countenance especially if there be Strangers for Good Humour makes one Dish of Meat a Feast.
106TH: Set not yourself at the upper of the Table but if it Be your Due or that the Master of the house will have it So, Contend not, least you Should Trouble the Company.
107TH: If others talk at Table be attentive but talk not with Meat in your Mouth.
108TH: When you Speak of God or his Atributes, let it be Seriously & wt. Reverence. Honour & Obey your Natural Parents altho they be Poor.
109TH: Let your Recreations be Manfull not Sinfull.
110TH: Labour to keep alive in your Breast that Little Spark of Celestial fire Called Conscience.
APPENDIX TWO
Representative Biblical Quotations and Allusions used by George Washington
All quotations are from the Writings of Washington, unless otherwise noted. PGW refers to the Papers of George Washington at the Library of Congress
