Letters, Sentences and MaximsChesterfield Society, 1850 - 348 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα 143
... MANNER . - The manner of doing things is often more important than the things themselves ; and the very same thing may ... manners of a courtier ; and to join , what is seldom joined in any of my countrymen , books and the world . They ...
... MANNER . - The manner of doing things is often more important than the things themselves ; and the very same thing may ... manners of a courtier ; and to join , what is seldom joined in any of my countrymen , books and the world . They ...
Σελίδα 249
... 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 bad ones , so there ...
... 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 bad ones , so there ...
Σελίδα 254
... manners , conciliate and engage the affections of those with whom you are to negotiate . Can you ever get into the confidence and the secrets of the courts where you may happen to reside , if you have not those pleasing , insinuating ...
... manners , conciliate and engage the affections of those with whom you are to negotiate . Can you ever get into the confidence and the secrets of the courts where you may happen to reside , if you have not those pleasing , insinuating ...
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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