 Talk often, but never long ; in that case, if you do not please, at least you are sure not to tire your hearers. Pay your own reckoning, but do not treat the whole company ; this being one of the very few cases in which people do not care to be treated,...  Letters, Sentences and Maxims - Σελίδα 83των Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1870 - 224 σελίδεςΠλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
 | Samuel Miller - 1852 - 386 σελίδες
...own expense, to treat the whole company. This being one of the few cases in which people do not wish to be treated; every one being fully convinced that he has wherewithal to pay his own bill." This fault is particularly noticed and reproved in Scripture. "A fool's voice," says... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1856 - 502 σελίδες
...and his mind was full. He consciously or unconsciously, too, abided by Lord Chesterfield's rule, " Pay your own reckoning, but do not treat the whole...being fully convinced that he has wherewithal to pay." His favourite maxim (copied from Swift) was " Take as many half-minutes as you can get. but never talk... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1856 - 490 σελίδες
...and his mind was full. He consciously or unconsciously, too, abided by Lord Chesterfield's rule, " Pay your own reckoning, but do not treat the whole company ; This being one of the very few ca-H's in which people do not care to be treated, every one being fully oonviurrd that he has wherewithal... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1856 - 482 σελίδες
...unconsciously, too, abided by Lord Chesterfield's rule, " Pay your own reckoning, but do not tival the whole company ; This being one of the very few cases in whick people do not care to be treated, every one being fully com ino-d that he has wherewithal to... | |
 | Abraham Hayward - 1859 - 476 σελίδες
...and his mind was full. He consciously or unconsciously, too, abided by Lord Chesterfield's rule, " Pay your own reckoning, but do not treat the whole...being fully convinced that he has wherewithal to pay." His favourite maxim (copied from Swift) was " take as many half-minutes as you can get, but never talk... | |
 | Abraham Hayward - 1858 - 494 σελίδες
...and his mind was full. He consciously or unconsciously, too, abided by Lord Chesterfield's rule, " Pay your own reckoning, but do not treat the whole...being fully convinced that he has wherewithal to pay." His favourite maxim (copied from Swift) was " take as many half-minutes as you can get, but never talk... | |
 | Abraham Hayward - 1858 - 470 σελίδες
...consciously or unconsciously, too, abided by Lord Chesterfield's rule, " Pay your own reckoning, but do riot treat the whole company ; this being one of the very...being fully convinced that he has wherewithal to pay." His favourite maxim (copied from Swift) WMS " take as many half-minutes as you can get, but never talk... | |
 | L. Contanseau - 1860 - 232 σελίδες
...dancing-master, and to your own attention to the best models : remember, however, that they are k of consequence. Talk often, but never long ; in that case, if you...you are sure not to tire your hearers. Pay your own reckoning,1 but do not treat m the whole n company. Tell stories 0 very seldom, and absolutely never... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1865 - 478 σελίδες
...and his mind was full. He consciously or unconsciously, too, abided by Lord Chesterfield's rule, " Pay your own reckoning, but do not treat the whole...being fully convinced that he has wherewithal to pay." His favourite maxim (copied from Swift) was " Take as many half-minutes as you can get, but never talk... | |
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