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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... tell you , that , by all the accounts I have had of late from Mr. Harte and others , this is the only criticism that you give me occasion to make . Mr. Harte's last letter of the 14th , N. S. particularly , makes me extremely happy , by ...
... tell you , that , by all the accounts I have had of late from Mr. Harte and others , this is the only criticism that you give me occasion to make . Mr. Harte's last letter of the 14th , N. S. particularly , makes me extremely happy , by ...
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... tell me he is good - natured , and does not want parts ; which are of themselves two good reasons for keeping it up ; but there is also a third reason , which in the course of the world is not to be despised : his father canuot live ...
... tell me he is good - natured , and does not want parts ; which are of themselves two good reasons for keeping it up ; but there is also a third reason , which in the course of the world is not to be despised : his father canuot live ...
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... tell me from Mr. Mascow . As he speaks German perfectly himself , I asked him how you spoke it ; and he assured me very well for the time , and that a very little more practice would make you perfect- ly master of it . The messenger ...
... tell me from Mr. Mascow . As he speaks German perfectly himself , I asked him how you spoke it ; and he assured me very well for the time , and that a very little more practice would make you perfect- ly master of it . The messenger ...
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... tell him that it was pour le bien de la Patrie , he would very probably run away . Such gross local prejudices pre- vail with the herd of mankind ; and do not impose upon cultivated , informed , and reflecting minds : but then there are ...
... tell him that it was pour le bien de la Patrie , he would very probably run away . Such gross local prejudices pre- vail with the herd of mankind ; and do not impose upon cultivated , informed , and reflecting minds : but then there are ...
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... tell you fairly before - hand , by what rule I shall judge of your conduct - by Mr. Harte's ac- counts . He will not I am sure , nay I will say more , he cannot be in the wrong with regard to you . He can have no other view , but your ...
... tell you fairly before - hand , by what rule I shall judge of your conduct - by Mr. Harte's ac- counts . He will not I am sure , nay I will say more , he cannot be in the wrong with regard to you . He can have no other view , but your ...
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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...