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THE LATE RIGHT HONOURABLE

PHILIP DORMER STANHOPE,

EARL OF CHESTERFIELD,

PHILIP STANHOPE, Efq.

LATE ENVOY-EXTRAORDINARY AT THE COURT OF DRESDEN.

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LORD CHESTERFIELD'S

LETTERS.

LETTER

CCXXI.

London, March 29th, O. S. 1750.

MY DEAR FRIEND,

YOU are now, I fuppofe, at Naples, in a new fcene of Virtù, examining all the curiofities of Herculaneum, watching the eruptions of Mount Vefuvius, and furveying the magnificent churches and public buildings by which Naples is diftinguished. You have a Court there into the bargain, which, I hope, you frequent and attend to. Polite manners, a versatility of mind, a complaifance even to enemies, and the valto fciolto, with the penfieri ftretti, are only to be learned at Courts; and must be well learned by whoever would either shine or thrive in them. Though they do not change the nature, they fmooth and foften the manners of mankind. Vigilance, dexterity, and flexibility, fupply the place of natural force; and it is the ablest mind, not the ftrongest body, that prevails there. Monfieur and Madame Fogliani will, I am fure, fhow you all the polite

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