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Miss Smith, permit me to make you acquainted with Mr. Jones --or,
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Mrs. Farley, allow me to present Mr. Wilson --that is, you must introduce the gentleman to the lady, rather than the lady to the gentleman. Also, if one lady is married and the other single, present the single lady to the matron, as--
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Miss Thomson, let me introduce you to Mrs. Williams.
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Mr. Howard from England --
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Mr. Dupont from France --
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Mr. Wenzel from Germany. If you know of what European city he is a resident, it is better still, to say that he is
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--
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Paris, --
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Hamburg. Likewise, in introducing one of your own countrymen very recently returned from a distant part of the world, make him known as
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Mr. Davis, just from China --
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Mr. Edwards, lately from Spain --
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Mr. Gordon, recently from South America. These slight specifications are easily made; and they afford, at once, an opening for conversation between the two strangers, as it will be perfectly natural to ask
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Mr. Hunter of Virginia --
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Mr. Chase of Ohio, &c. Recollect that both senators and gentlemen of the house of representatives are members of Congress--Congress including the two legislative bodies. In introducing a governor, designate the state he governs--as,
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Governor Penington of New Jersey. For the chief magistrate of the republic, say simply--
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The President.
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Captain Turner of the Navy --
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Captain Anderson of the Army.