A 20 year old History student from Sweden who has a big fascination for old and dark things. SLYTHERIN{ wear }  Pirates lurking Tumblr (3.0; @vonnepsa)http://vonnepsa.tumblr.com/<p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://erebus-cheslock.tumblr.com/post/51013601140/victorian-etiquette-for-men-that-again-cheslock" target="_blank">erebus-cheslock</a>:</p> <blockquote> <h2><em>“Politeness, The most acceptable hypocrisy.”</em></h2> <h2>~<strong>Ambrose Bierce</strong></h2> <p>It wasn’t just the women and kids who had to show breeding by displaying the rules of etiquette. Men had their own rules that they had to follow if they didn’t want to be viewed as vulgur or become an outcast.</p> <ul><li>It was bad manners to allow a lady to get herself a chair, pick up something she had dropped or ring the bell for servants while a gentleman was in the room. Etiquette rules stated that these duties should be carried out by the man on her behalf.</li> <li>A man always had to remove his hat when entering a room even if the room was empty. The only exception was if there was genuinely no place to put his hat.</li> <li>A very bad breach of etiquette was for a man to sit while a lady was left standing. He must immediately offer her the use of his own chair even if <em>‘the gentleman has the best seat in the room, he must offer it to a lady’</em> . However, if his seat was warm from where he had been sitting, he must go and get another seat for the lady and not offer her the one that was still warm.</li> <li>If a man escorted a lady to the <a href="http://whitney05.hubpages.com/hub/Civic-Opera-House" target="_blank">opera</a>, <a href="http://balletomanehk.hubpages.com/hub/balletomanehk" target="_blank">ballet</a> etc., he must remain seated with her during the performance and avoid talking while the performance was on.</li> <li>In one etiquette rule book it was firmly stated that “<em>Showing affection in public was brazen vulgarity</em> .”</li> <li>A famous Victorian point of etiquette was that <em>“a gentleman should be seen and not smelled. They should use but little perfume as too much is in very bad taste”.</em></li> <li>The Victorians were always hot on how, as they saw it, inferior people should be treated: “<em>In the company of an inferior, never let him feel inferior. If you invite someone of an inferior class, such as an employee, treat him as you would another member present.”</em></li> <li>In conversation a gentleman should never speak about himself or his self importance and only to speak with others on subjects they are interested in.</li> <li>Safe subjects to talk about included - books, balls, bonnets, metaphysics, traveling, the weather.</li> <li>As well as as the above, a gentleman was also expected to: “<em>avoid showing his learning and accomplishments in the presence of ignorant, inferior or vulgar people - who can by no possibility understand or appreciate what is being said.”</em></li> <li>It was considered bad manners and vulgar to ask a direct question. A Victorian gentleman could never ask for example <em>“How is your Mother?” </em>They had to put the question in another form such as “<em>I hope your Mother is doing well?</em> ”</li> <li>But the gentleman also had to remember not to ask a lady about anything that might offend her or upset her.</li> <li>The gentleman must never use slang terms and phrases in polite company. These vulgar terms should only be used in bar rooms and other low places.</li> <li>It was apparently bad manners and vulgar to joke at the expense of a lady.</li> </ul></blockquote>http://vonnepsa.tumblr.com/post/51015940928http://vonnepsa.tumblr.com/post/51015940928Tue, 21 May 2013 17:26:55 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m510myKfme1qi0t5fo1_500.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m510myKfme1qi0t5fo2_500.gif"/><br/> <br/>http://vonnepsa.tumblr.com/post/51015884342http://vonnepsa.tumblr.com/post/51015884342Tue, 21 May 2013 17:26:12 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9gdn9ajzN1qzi80do1_500.gif"/><br/><br/>http://vonnepsa.tumblr.com/post/51014233970http://vonnepsa.tumblr.com/post/51014233970Tue, 21 May 2013 17:04:57 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/f70140d8b93768ea3b6f73e56e80ecb9/tumblr_mmqxxccF161sonquko1_500.gif"/><br/><br/>http://vonnepsa.tumblr.com/post/51013372736http://vonnepsa.tumblr.com/post/51013372736Tue, 21 May 2013 16:53:55 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/b0cb19c60872f59099af2e5a5493c23d/tumblr_mn620ytWRX1qa2wieo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://jaded-mandarin.tumblr.com/post/51013331033/john-closterman-portrait-of-isabella-willis" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank">jaded-mandarin</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>John Closterman. <em>Portrait of Isabella Willis, </em>1690.</p></blockquote>http://vonnepsa.tumblr.com/post/51013364789http://vonnepsa.tumblr.com/post/51013364789Tue, 21 May 2013 16:53:49 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/e7cc851cbccb901fe0d6b0845b45d1c5/tumblr_mlur0uu5lF1qiohfro1_500.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/94dc2b6b456ca9637c35e8174db868b4/tumblr_mlur0uu5lF1qiohfro2_500.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/0f1d7b598b23f60591b5f173c2697419/tumblr_mlur0uu5lF1qiohfro3_500.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/33519d0f16082e38dd0156bf8b528a34/tumblr_mlur0uu5lF1qiohfro4_500.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/7e9e523fe59bd54b877bf991b7a6b039/tumblr_mlur0uu5lF1qiohfro5_500.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/0ddfefe7c39e22928012bc70662de735/tumblr_mlur0uu5lF1qiohfro6_500.gif"/><br/> <br/>http://vonnepsa.tumblr.com/post/51013301520http://vonnepsa.tumblr.com/post/51013301520Tue, 21 May 2013 16:53:00 -0400<p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://tabit.tumblr.com/post/33536366244/im-not-in-the-mood-to-exist" target="_blank">tabit</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>I’m not in the mood to exist</p> </blockquote>http://vonnepsa.tumblr.com/post/51011426400http://vonnepsa.tumblr.com/post/51011426400Tue, 21 May 2013 16:28:47 -0400<p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://oldrockstars.tumblr.com/post/48313637459/if-classical-instruments-being-used-in-rock-music" target="_blank">oldrockstars</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>if classical instruments being used in rock music isn’t the tightest shit ever then tell me what is</p> </blockquote>http://vonnepsa.tumblr.com/post/51010533188http://vonnepsa.tumblr.com/post/51010533188Tue, 21 May 2013 16:17:01 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lykb965rHm1r6e5omo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://vonnepsa.tumblr.com/post/51008146481http://vonnepsa.tumblr.com/post/51008146481Tue, 21 May 2013 15:44:48 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/977dafff5a014f87e35c3fca03ff484b/tumblr_mmypb10bXD1qhlb5go1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/58f398ee9f3af583ec38b509cc4deeb2/tumblr_mmypb10bXD1qhlb5go2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/d815e96f6ede789d62431278f5c9b974/tumblr_mmypb10bXD1qhlb5go3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://terrierchasingotter.tumblr.com/post/50677390749/harry-is-the-best-hope-we-have-trust-him" target="_blank">terrierchasingotter</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><small><em>Harry is the best hope we have. Trust him.</em></small></p> </blockquote>http://vonnepsa.tumblr.com/post/51006181319http://vonnepsa.tumblr.com/post/51006181319Tue, 21 May 2013 15:16:59 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/64d101550bae67deec2da737836aee82/tumblr_mn5tyjzQRn1snlxwro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://vonnepsa.tumblr.com/post/51003248393http://vonnepsa.tumblr.com/post/51003248393Tue, 21 May 2013 14:31:11 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/ecb2fc43b647aee68cf25a2d986a6071/tumblr_mn2wg7perm1qbqhhuo1_400.gif"/><br/><br/>http://vonnepsa.tumblr.com/post/51003210848http://vonnepsa.tumblr.com/post/51003210848Tue, 21 May 2013 14:30:36 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/55f30c9e863d0902459039128fa41608/tumblr_mn56st6sXD1rpb7goo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://okkvlt.tumblr.com/post/51002516341/credit-please-dont-remove-change-thank-you" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank">okkvlt</a>:</p> <blockquote><p><em>♅ <a href="http://www.fotocommunity.de/pc/pc/cat/1215/display/1533107" target="_blank">Credit</a> - Please don’t remove/change, thank you :) ♅</em></p></blockquote>http://vonnepsa.tumblr.com/post/51002952700http://vonnepsa.tumblr.com/post/51002952700Tue, 21 May 2013 14:26:16 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/342dc5a9034cb2f99a39b87007d06996/tumblr_mlflq9wyUV1qedpp2o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://signorcasaubon.tumblr.com/post/48253853208/michelangelo-merisi-caravaggio-madonna-of-the" target="_blank">signorcasaubon</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Michelangelo Merisi (Caravaggio) - <em>Madonna of the Rosary</em>; Kunthistorisches Musem, Vienna, Austria; c.1605 - 1607</p> </blockquote>http://vonnepsa.tumblr.com/post/51002906942http://vonnepsa.tumblr.com/post/51002906942Tue, 21 May 2013 14:25:31 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/881f279a3c0a2f578c6a8e9c653aa6ef/tumblr_mn3w4bh3Y01r6w3qso1_r3_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://blue-voids.tumblr.com/post/50915723162/the-seventh-seal-1957" target="_blank">blue-voids</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>The Seventh Seal (1957)</p> </blockquote> <p><em>“</em>Vem är du?!<em>”<br/>“Jag är Döden”<br/></em>“Har du kommit för att hämta mig?”<br/>”<em>Jag har sedan länge gått vid din sida”</em></p>http://vonnepsa.tumblr.com/post/50997892287http://vonnepsa.tumblr.com/post/50997892287Tue, 21 May 2013 12:58:23 -0400sorryI just love that quotehaha<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/fd398b42537a066e05c31ccb042aa8c6/tumblr_mn3xx5ixZG1qavnbio1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://vonnepsa.tumblr.com/post/50997015124http://vonnepsa.tumblr.com/post/50997015124Tue, 21 May 2013 12:42:47 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/fb2a070e62f8649817e6d4b1c9af7f43/tumblr_mm2dxqCFxB1re7fvvo1_500.png"/><br/><br/>http://vonnepsa.tumblr.com/post/50996988351http://vonnepsa.tumblr.com/post/50996988351Tue, 21 May 2013 12:42:19 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/85874ce47998f04d0d5d6cd2c75825d5/tumblr_mmjm4wfKR41qd1rlko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://ilovedotcat.tumblr.com/post/50703267633" target="_blank">ilovedotcat</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>よんだ？</p> </blockquote>http://vonnepsa.tumblr.com/post/50996981387http://vonnepsa.tumblr.com/post/50996981387Tue, 21 May 2013 12:42:11 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mb1ywv5Da21rz8hvqo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://vonnepsa.tumblr.com/post/50995688646http://vonnepsa.tumblr.com/post/50995688646Tue, 21 May 2013 12:18:40 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/54a8a6f42301b36e6850fc7c7c0bc290/tumblr_ml0kc7mLuP1qbh1dlo1_500.png"/><br/><br/>http://vonnepsa.tumblr.com/post/50995682661http://vonnepsa.tumblr.com/post/50995682661Tue, 21 May 2013 12:18:33 -0400