 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 148των Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1888 - 327 σελίδεςΠλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
 | 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 - 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 - 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... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1870 - 292 σελίδες
...imitation. He has often heard that absurd term of genteel and fashionable vices. [Same date.] BEHAVIOUR. — Imitate, then, with discernment and judgment, the...convinced that he has wherewithal to pay. Tell stories very seldom, and absolutely never but where they are very apt, and very short. Omit every circumstance... | |
 | 1870 - 268 σελίδες
...his; but, on the contrary, think how much handsomer he would have been without it. TALKING.—Talk often, but never long; in that case, if you do not...Pay your own reckoning, but do not treat the whole cpmpany ; this being one of the very few cases in which people do not care to be treated, every one... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1870 - 470 σελίδες
..." Pay your own reckoning, but do not treat the whole company; This being one of the very few eases in which people do not care to be treated, every one...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... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope (4th earl of Chesterfield.) - 1872 - 474 σελίδες
...dancingmaster, and to your own attention to the best models : remember, however, that they are of consequence. Talk often, but never long ; in that case, if you...convinced that he has wherewithal to pay. Tell stories very seldom, and absolutely never but where they are very apt and very short. Omit every circumstance... | |
 | Henry Barnard - 1872 - 984 σελίδες
...him, when he was scarcely thirty-six years old (1768). HINTS ON CONVSBSATION. Talk often, bnt nover sprung up an equally astonishing development of moral dishonesty. Prom freely convinced that he has wherewithal to pay. Tell stories very seldom, and absolutely never but... | |
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