Étiquette

It is not here meant that there ever was any positive rule or law, which prevented this freedom between barrister and attorney; but by the étiquette of the profession, the former preserved a dignity, that kept the latter at a distance—this is the barrier at present removed through the eagerness of barristers to procure business by flattering and courting attornies, who have the distribution of it.

The Duke de Choiseul—“The King of England, according to the established custom of diplomatic étiquette.” Madame de Pompadour—“Say rather the King of France; since, according to the étiquette you speak of, the King of England is called so; […”]

At least the étiquette did not require me to kiss any part of His Majesty’s clothing.