Letters to His Son, 1. kötetM. W. Dunne, 1901 |
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x. oldal
... they are the mode , though despising his weakness all to himself , and no true Gentleman could afford to keep out of the little gallantries His which so effectively advertised him as a man of spirit X CHESTERFIELD'S LETTERS.
... they are the mode , though despising his weakness all to himself , and no true Gentleman could afford to keep out of the little gallantries His which so effectively advertised him as a man of spirit X CHESTERFIELD'S LETTERS.
xiii. oldal
... KEEPING WIDE - AWAKE . 30 XIX XX XXI EASILY WASTED MINUTES . UNDERVALUING OTHERS ' EXPERIENCE . TURNING ODD MOMENTS TO ACCOUNT . 32 33 36 XXII ON MAKING ONESELF FIT TO LIVE .. XXIII THE VALUE OF WOMEN'S SOCIETY . 38 39 XXIV THE ART OF ...
... KEEPING WIDE - AWAKE . 30 XIX XX XXI EASILY WASTED MINUTES . UNDERVALUING OTHERS ' EXPERIENCE . TURNING ODD MOMENTS TO ACCOUNT . 32 33 36 XXII ON MAKING ONESELF FIT TO LIVE .. XXIII THE VALUE OF WOMEN'S SOCIETY . 38 39 XXIV THE ART OF ...
xiv. oldal
Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield. LETTER XXXIV Keeping Note - BOOKS OF TRAVEL .. XXXV MANNER OF SPEECH AS IMPORTANT AS MATTER . CULTIVATING AN OPEN MIND ... XXXVI XXXVII ABSURD OMNISCIENCE OF SOME PEOPLE .. XXXVIII FALLACY IN ...
Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield. LETTER XXXIV Keeping Note - BOOKS OF TRAVEL .. XXXV MANNER OF SPEECH AS IMPORTANT AS MATTER . CULTIVATING AN OPEN MIND ... XXXVI XXXVII ABSURD OMNISCIENCE OF SOME PEOPLE .. XXXVIII FALLACY IN ...
1. oldal
... keep that necessary voiture in perfect good re- pair ; examine , improve , and strengthen it every day : it is in the power , and ought to be the care , of every man to do it ; he that neglects it , deserves to feel , and certainly will ...
... keep that necessary voiture in perfect good re- pair ; examine , improve , and strengthen it every day : it is in the power , and ought to be the care , of every man to do it ; he that neglects it , deserves to feel , and certainly will ...
6. oldal
... keep you warm . You say there is a good deal of good company ; pray , are you got into it ? Have you made acquaintances , and with whom ? Let me know some of their names . Do you learn German yet , to read , write , and speak it ...
... keep you warm . You say there is a good deal of good company ; pray , are you got into it ? Have you made acquaintances , and with whom ? Let me know some of their names . Do you learn German yet , to read , write , and speak it ...
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289. oldal - First, used to say, take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves.
233. oldal - FRIEND of yours and mine has very justly defined good breeding to be, " the result of much good sense, some good nature, and a little self-denial for the sake of others, and with a view to obtain the same indulgence from them.
258. oldal - Clarendon paints as possessing beyond all his contemporaries " a head to contrive, a tongue to persuade, and a hand to execute...
382. oldal - Non amo te Sabidi, nee possum dicere quare : Hoc tantum possum dicere, non amo te.
213. oldal - This flapper is likewise employed diligently to attend his master in his walks, and upon occasion to give him a soft flap on his eyes ; because he is always so wrapped up in cogitation, that he is in manifest danger of falling down every precipice and bouncing his head against every post, and in the streets, of jostling others, or being jostled himself, into the kennel.
320. oldal - Aim at perfection in everything, though in most things it is unattainable ; however, they who aim at it, and persevere, will come much nearer it, than those whose laziness and despondency make them give it up as unattainable. Magnis tamen...
138. oldal - Of all the men that ever I knew in my life (and I knew him extremely well), the late Duke of Marlborough possessed the graces in the highest degree, not to say engrossed them; and indeed he got the most by them; for I will venture (contrary to the custom of profound historians, who always assign deep...
126. oldal - 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, every one being fully convinced that he has wherewithal to pay.
274. oldal - I have very often gone to bed at six in the morning, and rose, notwithstanding, at eight; by which means I got many hours in the morning that my companions lost; and the want of sleep obliged me to keep good hours the next, or at least the third night. To this method I owe the greatest part of my reading; for, from twenty to forty, I should certainly have read very little, if I had not been up while my acquaintances were in bed. Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of...
254. oldal - The late Lord Chancellor Cowper's strength, as an orator, lay by no means in his reasonings, for he often hazarded very weak ones. But such was the purity and elegancy of his style, such the propriety and charms of his elocution, and such the gracefulness of his action, that he never spoke without universal applause : the ears and the eyes gave him up the hearts and the understandings of the audience.