Book-buying, 128
Books and the world, 253
Breeding, court, 114
good, 49, 59, 67, 87, 97,
114, 220, 225
Bruyère, 131
Caligula, 136
Canonical pillars, 127
Carelessness, 60
Carriage, proper, 121
Century ago, 218
Ceremony, bend to, 210
Change, small, 297
Chaperone, the, 262
Character, moral, 256
value of, 258
perception, 87
Chartres, anecdote of, 258
Chesterfield (Lord)
account of, I
a censor-critic, 237
anxiety, 200
as a mentor, 153
his aim, 113, 219
his care, 103
his dislike of valets,
his letters, 74
his prophecy, 296
intention, 68
letter-writing, 36, 60
Chesterfield-Continued.
letters to Mrs. Stan-
hope, 299
maxims, 302
opinions of women, 12
remarks on Cardinal
de Retz, 219
Classics, value of, 171
Cleanliness, personal, 83
Comedies, 293
Company, good, 89, 113
mixed, 143, 155
Complicated machines, 245
Compliment, a, 165
Construction, a new, 277
Contempt, 135
folly of, 122
Contemptible, no ore, 122
Conversation, 126, 148
Court, at, 286, 293
Dancing and deportment,
171, 208
trifling, 61, 280
youth, 2
Débauche honnête, 183
Decency, true, 38
Delicacy, 66
Desert, reward, 121
Diet, 127
Dignity in pleasure, 266
of manners, 196
Dissimulation, 186, 258
Distinction, a nice, 169
Old fools, 71
One thing at a time, 82
Oratory, 41
books for, 236
hard work, 57
use of, 271
Original vices, 181
Panegyrist, a, 206
Papal virtues, 118
Passions, 63
Peace, keep the, 223, 276
Pedant and scholar, 139
Pedants, 106
People, lazy, 264
weight of low, 223, 279
young, 93
Perfection, 293
Picnic, a, 157
Picture, a, 127
life of real, 79
man of, 77
vulgar, 75
Pleasures, coarse, 80
earn, 195
rational, 168
Poets and orators, 253
Polish, 97
Politeness a necessity, 48
Politician, 98
Pope, power of, 118
Portrait, a, 164, 217, 273
Praise, desire of, 164
true, 56
Press, liberty of, 173
Pretender, the, 198
Pride and pedantry, 250
Princes, little, 178
Professor, Greek, 98
Proper expenses, 217
Propriety, local, 90
Questions, asking, 126
Rake, a, 276
Rank, deference to, 114
Read, how to, 264
Reference at court, 286
Reflection, its use, 174
Religion respected, 104
why silent on, 255
Resolution, 125
Respect, due to woman, 283
Retz's, Cardinal de, max-
remarks on, by Ches-
terfield, 321
Ridicule, 282
Rochefoucault, 131
Rudeness and civility, 49
Study, a military, 219
in verse, 44
method of, 253
* Style, 234
Summer, a wet, 298
Supper, good, 98
Swearing, 151
Talk, foolish, 70
small, 274
Temper, 185
Test, educational, 124
Things of consequence, 244
Time, 94
employment of, 75
value of, 93, 264
waste of, 94, 102
Travel, how to, 63
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