Letters, Sentences, and MaximsG.P. Putnam's Sons, 1888 - 327 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα 48
... breeding are equally necessary , to make you welcome . and agreeable in conversation and common life . Great talents , such as honor , virtue , learn- * So also Home , - " Amen ! and virtue is its own reward . ” Douglas , Act iii . Sc ...
... breeding are equally necessary , to make you welcome . and agreeable in conversation and common life . Great talents , such as honor , virtue , learn- * So also Home , - " Amen ! and virtue is its own reward . ” Douglas , Act iii . Sc ...
Σελίδα 49
... BREEDING AND GOOD SENSE . - Good sense must , in many cases , determine good breeding ; because the same thing that would be civil at one time , and to one person , may be quite otherwise at another time , and to another person ; but ...
... BREEDING AND GOOD SENSE . - Good sense must , in many cases , determine good breeding ; because the same thing that would be civil at one time , and to one person , may be quite otherwise at another time , and to another person ; but ...
Σελίδα 50
... bred man would speak to all the kings in the world with as little concern and as much ease as he would speak to you . YOUTHFUL EMULATION . - This is the last let- ter I shall write to you as to a little boy ; for , to - morrow , if I am ...
... bred man would speak to all the kings in the world with as little concern and as much ease as he would speak to you . YOUTHFUL EMULATION . - This is the last let- ter I shall write to you as to a little boy ; for , to - morrow , if I am ...
Σελίδα 51
... breeding is the prin- * Written in Latin . Philippus Chesterfield , Phillippo Stanhope adhuc puerulo , sed cras e pueritiâ egressuro . S. D. Dated , Kalend . Maii , 1741 . cipal and most necessary one , not only as it Sentences , and ...
... breeding is the prin- * Written in Latin . Philippus Chesterfield , Phillippo Stanhope adhuc puerulo , sed cras e pueritiâ egressuro . S. D. Dated , Kalend . Maii , 1741 . cipal and most necessary one , not only as it Sentences , and ...
Σελίδα 59
... bred at Lord Orrery's . It is good breeding alone that can prepossess people in your favor at first sight ; more time being necessary to discover * His Lordship's badinage , or it may be sarcasm , which the little boy quickly perceived ...
... bred at Lord Orrery's . It is good breeding alone that can prepossess people in your favor at first sight ; more time being necessary to discover * His Lordship's badinage , or it may be sarcasm , which the little boy quickly perceived ...
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