Letters, Sentences and MaximsA. L. Burt Company, 1999 - 348 σελίδες A compilation of letters and maxims imparting Lord Chesterfield's guidance in the conduct of life and business matters. |
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Σελίδα 72
... proper , and where it is proper ; for many things are proper at one time , and in one place , that are ex- tremely improper in another ; for example , it is very proper and decent that you should play some part of the day ; but you must ...
... proper , and where it is proper ; for many things are proper at one time , and in one place , that are ex- tremely improper in another ; for example , it is very proper and decent that you should play some part of the day ; but you must ...
Σελίδα 132
... proper sub- jects for foreign commissions than any other country in Europe ; and , when foreign affairs happen to be debated in Parliament , it is incredible with how much ignorance . The harvest of foreign affairs being then so great ...
... proper sub- jects for foreign commissions than any other country in Europe ; and , when foreign affairs happen to be debated in Parliament , it is incredible with how much ignorance . The harvest of foreign affairs being then so great ...
Σελίδα 199
... proper attention to proper objects , and the proper contempt for little ones . A strong mind sees things in their true proportions : a weak one views them through a magnifying medium ; which , like the microscope , makes an elephant of ...
... proper attention to proper objects , and the proper contempt for little ones . A strong mind sees things in their true proportions : a weak one views them through a magnifying medium ; which , like the microscope , makes an elephant of ...
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Adieu ambition attention awkward bad company breeding Cæsar Castalian spring 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