 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
 | Maud C. Cooke - 1896 - 492 σελίδες
...Lord Chesterfield, " but never long ; in thai case if you do not please, at least you are sure no* to tire your hearers. Pay your own reckoning, but do not treat the entire company : this bein^ one of the very few cases in which people do not care to be treated, every... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1897 - 159 σελίδες
...dancing-master, and to your own attention to the best models: remember, 10 however, that they are of consequence. Talk often, but never long; in that case, if you do...the whole company; this being one of the very few 15 cases in which people do not care to be treated, everyone being fully convinced that he has wherewithal... | |
 | Andrew Lang, Donald Grant Mitchell - 1898 - 9822 σελίδες
...master 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 do...people do not care to be treated, every one being fully eonvinced that he has wherewithal to pay. Tell stories very seldom, and absolutely never but where... | |
 | Richard Garnett, Léon Vallée, Alois Brandl - 1899
...master 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 do...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... | |
 | Richard Garnett - 1899 - 9822 σελίδες
...master 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 do...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... | |
 | 1900
...natural one upon his ; but, on the contrary, think how much handsomer he would have been without it. TALKING Talk often, but never long; in that case,...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... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1901 - 502 σελίδες
...dancing-master, 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...one being fully convinced that he has wherewithal to RayTell stories very seldom, and absolutely never but where they are very apt and very short. Omit... | |
 | 1902
...natural one upon his ; but, on the contrary, think how much handsomer he would have been without it. TALKING Talk often, but never long; in that case,...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... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1902 - 302 σελίδες
...dancing-master 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... | |
 | Alice L. James - 1909 - 426 σελίδες
...Lord Chesterfield's letters to his son, he says: "When you are in company, talk often, but never for long; in that case, if you do not please, at least you are sure not to tire your hearers." And again: "Always look people in the face when you speak to them; the not doing it is thought to imply... | |
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