Letters, Sentences and MaximsChesterfield Society, 1991 - 348 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα 43
... desire to excel in everything , a desire which later he did his utmost to excite in the breast of his son , and which for good or ill is the principle of all that is great . It appears that , in his early youth , he was without guidance ...
... desire to excel in everything , a desire which later he did his utmost to excite in the breast of his son , and which for good or ill is the principle of all that is great . It appears that , in his early youth , he was without guidance ...
Σελίδα 104
... desire and the pains necessary to be considerable , depend upon it , you never can be so ; as , without the desire and attention necessary to please , you never can please . " Nullum numen abest , si sit pru- dentia , " is ...
... desire and the pains necessary to be considerable , depend upon it , you never can be so ; as , without the desire and attention necessary to please , you never can please . " Nullum numen abest , si sit pru- dentia , " is ...
Σελίδα 194
... DESIRE OF PRAISE . - But here let me , as an old stager upon the theatre of the world , suggest one consideration to you , which is , to extend your desire of praise a little beyond the strictly praise- worthy ; or else you may be apt ...
... DESIRE OF PRAISE . - But here let me , as an old stager upon the theatre of the world , suggest one consideration to you , which is , to extend your desire of praise a little beyond the strictly praise- worthy ; or else you may be apt ...
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Adieu ambition attention awkward bad company breeding Cæsar certainly character Cicero common complaisance consequently contempt conversation Corinthian order court dance degree Demosthenes deserve desire dress easy endeavor engage Englishman everything fashion father favor folly fool French frivolous genteel gentleman give good-breeding graces greatest Greek Harte heart hope House of Savoy inattention Julius Cæsar justly king knowledge laugh learning least letters live Lord Bolingbroke Lord Chesterfield Lord Mahon low company man's mankind manners mean ment merit mind minister Montesquieu moral nature necessary never object observe pany passion pleasing pleasure political proper Quintilian reason remember never respect ridicule sense shine silly Sir James Gray speak Stanhope sure taste tell things thought tion trifling true truth Viceroy of Ireland virtue Voltaire vulgar weak wish women words writes wrote young