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Σελίδα 146
What then will you have to rely on but your own merit ? That alone must raise you
, and that alone will raise you , if you have but enough of it . I have often heard
and read of oppressed and unrewarded merit , but I have oftener ( I might say ...
What then will you have to rely on but your own merit ? That alone must raise you
, and that alone will raise you , if you have but enough of it . I have often heard
and read of oppressed and unrewarded merit , but I have oftener ( I might say ...
Σελίδα 225
of laughter , jokes , waggery , and indiscriminate familiarity , will sink both merit
and knowledge into a degree of contempt . They compose at most a merry fellow
; and a merry fellow was never yet a respectable man . Indiscriminate familiarity ...
of laughter , jokes , waggery , and indiscriminate familiarity , will sink both merit
and knowledge into a degree of contempt . They compose at most a merry fellow
; and a merry fellow was never yet a respectable man . Indiscriminate familiarity ...
Σελίδα 252
Observe how it adorns merit , and how often it covers the want of it . May you
wear it to adorn , and not to cover you ! Adieu . [ Same date . ] PERSONAL
GRACES . - These personal graces are of very great consequence . They
anticipate the ...
Observe how it adorns merit , and how often it covers the want of it . May you
wear it to adorn , and not to cover you ! Adieu . [ Same date . ] PERSONAL
GRACES . - These personal graces are of very great consequence . They
anticipate the ...
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advantage affection allow attention authors believe certainly character Chesterfield common consequently consider conversation court deal deserve desire dress easy engage English everything fashion father favor fellow fool former French give graces greatest hand head hear heart hope House imagine Italy keep king knowledge language late learning least less letters live look Lord Lord Chesterfield manners matter mean merit mind moral nature necessary never object observe opinion particular passion person play pleasing pleasure political present proper reason received regard remember respect ridicule seems sense short speak Stanhope suppose sure tell things thought tion true truth turn understanding virtue weak whole wish women writes young
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| Τίτλος | Letters, Sentences and Maxims Edition de luxe |
| Συγγραφέας | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield |
| Επιμελητής | Charles Sayle |
| Εκδότης | Chesterfield Society, 1859 |
| Μέγεθος | 348 σελίδες |
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