 | Historical mirror - 1776 - 308 σελίδες
...way or another, as either too negligent, cr too much ftudied. — What is commonly called an abfent man, is commonly either a very weak or a very affected man ; but be he which he will, he is, I am Cure, a very difagreable man in company. He fails in all the common offices of civility; he teems not... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1801 - 474 σελίδες
...very weak, or a very affecTied man ; but be he which he will, he is, I am fure, a very difagreeable man in company. He fails in all the common offices of civility ; he ieems not to know thofe people to-day with whom yefterday he appeared to live in intimacy. He takes... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope (4th earl of Chesterfield.) - 1813 - 430 σελίδες
...eommonly ealled an absent man, is eommonly either a very weak, or a very affeeted man ; but be he whieh he will, he is, I am sure, a very disagreeable man in eompany. He fails in all the eommon offiees of eivility ; he feeeras not to know, those people to-day,... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1853 - 764 σελίδες
...we; whose dress is never spoken of one way or another, as either too negligent or too much studied. What is commonly called an absent man, is commonly...civility ; he seems not to know those people to-day, whom yesterday he appeared to live in intimacy with. He takes no part in the general conversation ;... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1857 - 642 σελίδες
...are ; whoso dress is never spoken of one way or another, as either too negligent or too mach studied. What is commonly called an absent man, is commonly...disagreeable man in company. He fails in all the common ónices of civility ; he seems not to know those people to-day, whom yesterday he appeared to live... | |
 | Cecil B. Hartley - 1860 - 344 σελίδες
...proper etiquette of society, stay at home till your mind is less preoccupied. Chesterfield says: — "What is commonly called an absent man, is commonly...civility; he seems not to know those people to-day, whom yesterday he appeared to live in intimacy with. He takes no part in the general conversation;... | |
 | Charles John Smith - 1871 - 630 σελίδες
...abstract thought, or the opposite, namely, an impatience of pure reflection, or casual inattention. " What is commonly called an absent man is commonly either a very weak or а тегу aflected man." — Chesterfield. ABSTRACTED, on the other hand (abslrahere, abstractus,... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope (4th earl of Chesterfield.) - 1872 - 474 σελίδες
...are, whose dress is never spoken of one way or another, as either too negligent or too much studied. What is commonly called an absent man, is commonly...very weak or a very affected man; but be he which be will, he is, I am sure, a very disagreeable man in company. He fails in all the common offices of... | |
 | Cecil B. Hartley - 1875 - 344 σελίδες
..."What is commonly called an absent man, is com monly either a very weak, or a very affected man ; bii^ be he which he will, he is, I am sure, a very disagreeable...civility; he seems not to know those people to-day, whom yesterday he appeared to live in intimacy with. He takes no part in the general conversation;... | |
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What is commonly called an absent man, is commonly either a very weak, or a very affected man ; but be he which he will, he is, I am sure, a very disagreeable man in company. 
