 | Philip Dormer Stanhope (4th earl of Chesterfield.) - 1800 - 452 σελίδες
...without being one, will be fomething or other as good, though I do not yet guefs what. I am not of the opinion generally entertained in this country, that...knowing a great many words of two dead languages, which no body living knows perfectly, And which are of no ufe in the common intercourfe of life. Ufeful knowledge,... | |
 | 1803 - 456 σελίδες
...and give an habitual elegance without taking up more than a quarter of an hour a day. I am not of the opinion generally entertained in this country, that...of life. Useful knowledge in my opinion consists of modem languages, history, and geography ; some Latin may be thrown into the bargain in compliance with... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope (4th earl of Chesterfield.) - 1813 - 402 σελίδες
...guess what. I am not of the opin. ion generally entertained in this country, that man lives by Grcek and Latin alone ; that is, by knowing a great many...words of two dead languages, which nobody living knows peefcctly, and which are of no use in the common intercourse of life Useful knowledge, in my opinion,... | |
 | Lord Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1827 - 408 σελίδες
...without being one, will be something or other as good, though I do not yet guess what. I am not of the opinion generally entertained in this country, that...of modern languages, history, and geography; some Jjatin may be thrown into the bargain, in compliance ,with custom, and for closet amusement. You are,... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1847 - 642 σελίδες
...without being one, will be something or other as good, though I do not yet guess what. I am not of the opinion generally entertained in this country, that...compliance with custom, and for closet amusement. words (for I am a scholar) to be a bad one ; he says, that water-drinkers can write nothing good ;... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1853 - 764 σελίδες
...without being one, will be something or other as good, though I do not yet guess what I am not of the opinion generally entertained in this country, that...history, and geography; some Latin may be thrown into the hargain, in compliance with custom, and for closet amusement. You are, by this time, certainly tired... | |
 | Museum and English journal of education - 1866 - 492 σελίδες
...when Lord Palmerston's father was mourning the death of his first wife, wrote : — " I am not of the opinion generally entertained in this country, that...compliance with custom and for closet amusement." Lord Palmerston inherited a good deal of his father's artistic taste. 1 have seen some drawings executed... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1870 - 292 σελίδες
...without being one, will be something or other as good, though I do not yet guess what. I am not of the opinion generally entertained in this country, that...compliance with custom, and for closet amusement. You are, by this time, certainly tired with this long letter, which I could prove to you from Horace's... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1888 - 346 σελίδες
...without being one, will be something or other as good, though I do not yet guess what. I am not of the opinion generally entertained in this country, that...compliance with custom, and for closet amusement. You are by this time certainly tired with this long letter, which I could prove to you from Horace's... | |
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Charles will be a scholar, if you please ; but our little Philip, without being one, will be something or other as good, though I do not yet guess what. I am not of the opinion generally entertained in this country, that man lives by Greek and Latin alone... 
