to-get-at

Updated: May 25, 2025

Gentlemen at pic-nics must consent to become waiters, guides, servants to the ladies; must "scale mountains," climb trees, perform any feats desired by the fair tyrants, if they fancy "that lovely flower," or "exquisite bunch of sea-weed," in impossible- to-get-at places.

Sarah Annie Frost - Frost's Laws and By-Laws of American Society: A condensed but thorough treatise on etiquette and its usages: in America, containing plain and reliable directions for: deportment in every situation in life.