Letters Written by the Late Right Honourable Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield, to His Son;: With Some Account of His Life. In Three Volumes..J. Walker; J. Johnson; J. Richardson; ... [and 18 others], 1810 |
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... tastes at the expense of their healths . I approve of your going to Venice as much as I disapproved of your going to Switzerland . I sup- pose that you are by this time arrived , and in that supposition I direct this letter there . But ...
... tastes at the expense of their healths . I approve of your going to Venice as much as I disapproved of your going to Switzerland . I sup- pose that you are by this time arrived , and in that supposition I direct this letter there . But ...
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... taste of sculpture and painting is , in my mind , as becoming , as a taste of fiddling and piping is unbe- coming a man of fashion . The former is connected with history and poetry , the latter with nothing that I know of but bad ...
... taste of sculpture and painting is , in my mind , as becoming , as a taste of fiddling and piping is unbe- coming a man of fashion . The former is connected with history and poetry , the latter with nothing that I know of but bad ...
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... taste and style of build- ing were truly antique . It would not be amiss , if you employed three or four days in learning the five orders of architecture , with their general propor- tions ; and you may know all that you need know of ...
... taste and style of build- ing were truly antique . It would not be amiss , if you employed three or four days in learning the five orders of architecture , with their general propor- tions ; and you may know all that you need know of ...
Էջ 75
... Tastes are different , you know , and every man follows his own . Englishman . That's true ; but thine's a devilish odd one , Stanhope : all morning with thy dry.nurse ; all the evening in formal fine company ; and all day long afraid ...
... Tastes are different , you know , and every man follows his own . Englishman . That's true ; but thine's a devilish odd one , Stanhope : all morning with thy dry.nurse ; all the evening in formal fine company ; and all day long afraid ...
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... tastes ; he both supports and adorns that opinion by the good old saying , as he respectfully calls it , That ' what is one man's meat is another man's poi- son . ' If any body attempts being smart , as he calls it , upon him ; he gives ...
... tastes ; he both supports and adorns that opinion by the good old saying , as he respectfully calls it , That ' what is one man's meat is another man's poi- son . ' If any body attempts being smart , as he calls it , upon him ; he gives ...
Common terms and phrases
acquaintance acquired Adieu adorn attention awkward believe best companies bien body bonne called character consequently conversation court DEAR BOY DEAR FRIEND degree Demosthenes deserve desire dress elegancy endeavour engaging fashion favour fortune France French frequent German give good-breeding graces Harte hath hear heart homme honour hope House of Savoy Italian Italian language John Lambert justly king knowledge Lady language learning least letter London Lord Lord Albemarle Lord Bolingbroke Lord Stormont Madame manners matter means merit mind mohairs monde Monsieur Naples necessary never object observation Paris particular passion pleasing pleasures politeness pray prince qu'il racter reason received recommend respect rience Rome sense shine Sir James Gray soon speak Stanhope suppose sure taste tell thing tion Titian trifling true truth Turin Venice Verona wish women word write young fellow
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Էջ 6 - Dress yourself fine where others are fine, and plain where others are plain ; but take care always, that your clothes are well made, and fit you, for otherwise they will give you a very awkward air. When you are once well dressed for the day, think no more of it afterwards ; and, without any stiffness for fear of discomposing that dress, let all your motions be as easy and natural as if you had no clothes on at all.
Էջ 163 - First, used to say, take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves.
Էջ 98 - Good manners are, to particular societies, what good morals are to society in general ; their cement, and their security. And, as laws are enacted to enforce good morals, or at least to prevent the ill effects of...
Էջ 162 - Rome engrosses every moment of your time ; and if it engrosses it in the manner I could wish, I willingly give up my share of it. I would rather prodesse quam conspici.
Էջ 272 - There is a man whose moral character, deep learning, and superior parts, I acknowledge, admire, and respect ; but whom it is so impossible for me to love, that I am almost in a fever whenever I am in his company. His figure (without being deformed) seems made to disgrace or ridicule the common structure of the human body. His legs and arms are never in the position which, according...
Էջ 58 - ... asks a just and reasonable price. Abject flattery and indiscriminate assentation degrade, as much as indiscriminate contradiction and noisy debate disgust. But a modest assertion of one's own opinion, and a complaisant acquiescence in other people's, preserve dignity. Vulgar, low expressions, awkward motions and address, vilify; as they imply, either a very low turn of mind, or low education and low company.
Էջ 209 - The third is that those things which honour forbids are more rigorously forbidden, when the laws do not concur in the prohibition; and those it commands are more strongly insisted upon, when they happen not...
Էջ 272 - ... structure of the human body : his legs and arms are never in the position which, according to the situation of his body, they ought to be in, but constantly employed in committing acts of hostility upon the Graces.
Էջ 197 - ... are so generally the fashion. Next to their being fine, they should be well made, and worn easily ; for a man is only the less genteel for a fine coat, if in wearing it he shows a regard for it, and is not as easy in it as if it were a plain one.
Էջ 100 - ... others, who in their turns will offer them to you ; so that upon the whole you will in your turn enjoy your share of the common right. It would be endless for me to enumerate all the particular instances in which a wellbred man shows his...