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 105
... sure , a very disagreeable man in company . He fails in all the common offices of civility ; he seems not to know those people to - day , with whom yester- day he appeared to live in intimacy . He takes no part in the general ...
... sure , a very disagreeable man in company . He fails in all the common offices of civility ; he seems not to know those people to - day , with whom yester- day he appeared to live in intimacy . He takes no part in the general ...
Σελίδα 140
... sure that , since I have had the full use of my reason , nobody has ever heard me laugh . [ Same date . ] THE MIND . It requires , also , a great deal of exercise , to bring it to a state of health and vigor . Observe the difference ...
... sure that , since I have had the full use of my reason , nobody has ever heard me laugh . [ Same date . ] THE MIND . It requires , also , a great deal of exercise , to bring it to a state of health and vigor . Observe the difference ...
Σελίδα 170
... sure , beforehand , that this enemy may not in the last moment ferociam exuere . But the public lawyers now seem to me rather to warp the law , in order to authorize than to check those unlawful proceedings of princes and states ; which ...
... sure , beforehand , that this enemy may not in the last moment ferociam exuere . But the public lawyers now seem to me rather to warp the law , in order to authorize than to check those unlawful proceedings of princes and states ; which ...
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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