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 145
... respect and with ease . He talks to kings without concern ; he trifles with women of the first condition , with familiarity , gaiety , but respect ; and converses with his equals , whether he is acquainted with them or not , upon ...
... respect and with ease . He talks to kings without concern ; he trifles with women of the first condition , with familiarity , gaiety , but respect ; and converses with his equals , whether he is acquainted with them or not , upon ...
Σελίδα 250
... respect , people are apt to take a greater latitude in their behavior , and to be less upon their guard ; and so they may , provided it be within certain bounds , which are upon no occasion to be trans- gressed . But , upon these ...
... respect , people are apt to take a greater latitude in their behavior , and to be less upon their guard ; and so they may , provided it be within certain bounds , which are upon no occasion to be trans- gressed . But , upon these ...
Σελίδα 340
... The greatest evils are not arrived at their utmost period until those who are in power have lost all sense of shame . At such a time those who should obey shake off all respect and subordination . Then 340 CHESTERFIELD'S LETTERS .
... The greatest evils are not arrived at their utmost period until those who are in power have lost all sense of shame . At such a time those who should obey shake off all respect and subordination . Then 340 CHESTERFIELD'S LETTERS .
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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