 Style is the dress of thoughts ; and let them be ever so just, if your style is homely, coarse, and vulgar, they will appear to as much disadvantage, and be as ill received as your person, though ever so well proportioned, would, if dressed in rags, dirt,...  Letters, Sentences, and Maxims - Σελίδα 234των Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1888 - 327 σελίδεςΠλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1857 - 642 σελίδες
...received as your person, though ever so well proportioned, would, if dressed in rags, dirt, and tatters. It is not every understanding that can judge of matter;...elegancies of style, to the strongest matter in the world, ill-worded and ill-delivered. Your business is negotiation abroad, and oratory in the House of Commons... | |
 | Cecil B. Hartley - 1860 - 344 σελίδες
...not every understanding that can judge of matter; but every one can and docs judge, more or less, cf style; and were I either to speak or write to the...matter in the world, ill worded and ill delivered." Write legibly, correctly, and without erasures upon a whole sheet of paper, never upon half a sheet.... | |
 | Cecil B. Hartley - 1860 - 344 σελίδες
...received as your person, though ever so well proportioned, would, if dressed in rags, dirt, and tatters. It is not every understanding that can judge of matter; but every one can and does judge, more or less, of style ; and were I either to speak or write to the public,... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope (4th earl of Chesterfield.), Charles Caleb Colton - 1861 - 268 σελίδες
...received, as your person, though ever so well proportioned, would, if dressed in rags, dirt, and tatters. It is not every understanding that can judge of matter;...every ear can and does judge more or less of style. Mind your diction, in whatever language you either write or speak : contract a habit of correctness... | |
 | Louis Le Brun, Henri van Laun - 1869 - 290 σελίδες
...received as your person, though ever so well-proportioned, would, if dressed in rags, dirt, and tatters. It is not every understanding that can judge of matter...every ear can, and does judge more or less of style. Mind your diction. In whatever language you either write or speak, contract a habit of correctness... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1870 - 292 σελίδες
...I must tell you plainly, that I fear you want everything but knowledge. [Nov. 24, 1749.] STTLE. — It is not every understanding that can judge of matter...worded, and ill delivered. Your business is, negotiation abread, and oratory in the House of Commons at home. What figure can you make in either case, if your... | |
 | Cecil B. Hartley - 1875 - 344 σελίδες
...dressed in rags, dirt, and tatters. It is not overy understanding that can judge of matter; but every one can and does judge, more or less, of style; and were...matter, adorned with all the beauties and elegancies of Btyle, to the strongest matter in the world, ill worded and ill delivered." Write legibly, correctly,... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1876 - 636 σελίδες
...received as your person, though ever so well oroportioned, would, if dressed in rugs, dirt, and tatters. It is not every understanding that can judge of matter; but every ear can and doi-tf judge, more or less, of style : and were I either to speak or write to tLe public, I should... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1891 - 302 σελίδες
...ill-received, as your person, though ever so well proportioned, would, if dressed in rags, dirt, and tatters. It is not every understanding that can judge of matter...moderate matter, adorned with all the beauties and elegances of style, to the strongest matter in the world, ill-worded and ill-delivered. Letters to... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1892 - 514 σελίδες
...received as your person, though ever so well proportioned, would, if dressed in rags, dirt, and tatters. It is not every understanding that can judge of matter,...moderate matter, adorned with all the beauties and elegances of style, to the strongest matter in the world, ill-worded and ill-delivered. Your business... | |
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