Letters Written by the Late Right Honourable Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield, to His Son;: With Some Account of His Life. In Three Volumes..J. Walker; J. Johnson; J. Richardson; ... [and 18 others], 1810 |
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... vish it from him , deserves death more than the rob- ber who attacks us for our money on the highway . Romulus directed the greatest part of his laws and regulations to war ; and formed them with the view LETTERS TO HIS SON . 51.
... vish it from him , deserves death more than the rob- ber who attacks us for our money on the highway . Romulus directed the greatest part of his laws and regulations to war ; and formed them with the view LETTERS TO HIS SON . 51.
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... deserve , and all those who , in doing evil , and oppressing mankind , abuse that power which Providence has given . In the reign of Tarquin , the books of the Sibyls were brought to Rome , and ever after preserved and consulted as ...
... deserve , and all those who , in doing evil , and oppressing mankind , abuse that power which Providence has given . In the reign of Tarquin , the books of the Sibyls were brought to Rome , and ever after preserved and consulted as ...
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... deserve them . Adieu . JE LETTER XXVI . A Isleworth , ce 8ieme Juillet . E crains , mon cher enfant , que vous ne trouviez mes lettres trop sérieuses , car je sais que vous aimez à badiner , et , ma foi , vous avez raison : je l'aime ...
... deserve them . Adieu . JE LETTER XXVI . A Isleworth , ce 8ieme Juillet . E crains , mon cher enfant , que vous ne trouviez mes lettres trop sérieuses , car je sais que vous aimez à badiner , et , ma foi , vous avez raison : je l'aime ...
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... deserve ; but pray do you take care to deserve what he says of you ; and remember that praise , when it is not deserved , is the severest satire and abuse ; and the most effectual way of ex- posing people's vices and follies . This is a ...
... deserve ; but pray do you take care to deserve what he says of you ; and remember that praise , when it is not deserved , is the severest satire and abuse ; and the most effectual way of ex- posing people's vices and follies . This is a ...
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... deserve it . There is no doing any thing well without appli- cation and industry . Industry ( in Latin industria , and in Greek arxivola ) is defined , that is , described , to be frequens exercitium circa rem honestam , unde aliquis ...
... deserve it . There is no doing any thing well without appli- cation and industry . Industry ( in Latin industria , and in Greek arxivola ) is defined , that is , described , to be frequens exercitium circa rem honestam , unde aliquis ...
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acquire Adieu ancient Ancus Marcius attention autres avoit bien body c'est à dire Cæsar called célébre character CHER Cicero civil court DEAR BOY deserve desire deux emperor empire England English étoient étoit étui Europe fait faut France French gens German give good-breeding graceful grand Greek guerre Harte Hippomenes homme hope Isleworth Julius Cæsar king knowledge language Latin learning Leipsig les Troyens LETTER likewise London Maittaire manner mean ment merit mind monde Monsieur necessary never Numa Pompilius observe Ovid particular peuple pleased pleasure poets pray princes province qu'il qu'on racter received reign remember Roman Rome Romulus sense soon Spain speak sure tell tems thing thought tion tout town TRANSLATION treaty of Munster Troy Troye truth Tullus Hostilius verse virtue words write
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Página 170 - When an awkward fellow first comes into a room, it is highly probable that his sword gets between his legs and throws him down, or makes him stumble, at least. When he has recovered this accident, he goes and places himself in the very place of the whole room where he should not...
Página 382 - No flattery is either too high or too low for them. They will greedily swallow the highest, and gratefully accept of the lowest; and you may safely flatter any woman, from her understanding down to the exquisite taste of her fan.
Página 170 - At dinner, his awkwardness distinguishes itself particularly, as he has more to do; there he holds his knife, fork, and spoon differently from other people, eats with his knife, to the great danger of his mouth, picks his teeth with his fork, and puts his spoon, which has been in his throat twenty times, into the dishes again.
Página 317 - Wear your learning, like your watch, in a private pocket; and do not pull it out, and strike it, merely to show that you have one. If you are asked what o'clock it is, tell it ; but do not proclaim it hourly and unasked, like the watchman.
Página 298 - The more hours a day you travel, the sooner you will be at your journey's end. The sooner you are qualified for your liberty, the sooner you shall have it; and your manumission will entirely depend upon the manner in which you employ the intermediate time. I think I offer you a very good bargain, when I promise you, upon my word, that, if you will do everything that I would have you do till you are eighteen, I will do everything that you would have me do ever afterwards.
Página 397 - Remember, that the graceful motion of the arms, the giving your hand, and the putting on and pulling off your hat genteelly, are the material parts of a gentleman's dancing. But the greatest advantage of dancing well is, that it necessarily teaches you to present yourself, to sit, stand, and walk, genteelly ; all of which are of real importance to a man of fashion.
Página 236 - Dancing is in itself a very trifling, silly thing ; but it is one of those established follies to which people of sense are sometimes obliged to conform, and then they should be able to do it well. And though I would not have you a dancer, yet when you do dance I would have you dance well, as I would have you do everything you do well.
Página 116 - Modesty is a very good quality, and which generally accompanies true merit: it engages and captivates the minds of people ; as, on the other hand, nothing is more shocking and disgustful than presumption and impudence. We cannot like a man who is always commending and speaking well of himself, and who...
Página 404 - Take rather than give the tone of the company you are in. If you have parts you will show them more or less upon every subject; and if you have not, you had better talk sillily upon a subject of other people's than of your own choosing.
Página 382 - ... trusts them with serious matters ; though he often makes them believe that he does both; which is the thing in the world that they are proud of ; for they love mightily to be dabbling in business (which by the way they always spoil) ; and being justly distrustful that men in general look upon them in a trifling light, they almost adore that man who talks more seriously to them, and who seems to consult and trust them; I say, who seems; for weak men really do, but wise ones only seem to do it.