Letters Written by the Earl of Chesterfield to His Son, Band 2Thomas Tegg, 1827 |
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... figure in upper life , and great business . ... What I have now said , together with your own good sense , is , I hope , sufficient to arm you against the seduction , the invitations , or the profligate exhor- tations ( for I cannot ...
... figure in upper life , and great business . ... What I have now said , together with your own good sense , is , I hope , sufficient to arm you against the seduction , the invitations , or the profligate exhor- tations ( for I cannot ...
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... figures which please every body . A look , a gesture , an attitude , a tone of voice , all bear their parts in the great work of pleasing . The art of pleasing is more particularly necessary in your in- tended profession , than perhaps ...
... figures which please every body . A look , a gesture , an attitude , a tone of voice , all bear their parts in the great work of pleasing . The art of pleasing is more particularly necessary in your in- tended profession , than perhaps ...
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... figure , and your fortune . DEAR BOY , LETTER CLI . London , May the 22d , O. S. 1749 . I RECOMMENDED to you , in my last , an innocent piece of art ; that of flattering people behind their backs , in presence of those , who , to make ...
... figure , and your fortune . DEAR BOY , LETTER CLI . London , May the 22d , O. S. 1749 . I RECOMMENDED to you , in my last , an innocent piece of art ; that of flattering people behind their backs , in presence of those , who , to make ...
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... figure , shortens too the length of my letter . It may very well afford it : my anxiety for you carries me insensibly to these lengths . I am apt to flatter myself , that my expe- rience , at the latter end of my life , may be of use to ...
... figure , shortens too the length of my letter . It may very well afford it : my anxiety for you carries me insensibly to these lengths . I am apt to flatter myself , that my expe- rience , at the latter end of my life , may be of use to ...
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... animated his stone , or the painter his canvass , into the just expression of those sentiments and pas- sions , which should characterise and mark their several figures . You will examine , likewise , whe- 22 LORD CHESTERFIELD'S.
... animated his stone , or the painter his canvass , into the just expression of those sentiments and pas- sions , which should characterise and mark their several figures . You will examine , likewise , whe- 22 LORD CHESTERFIELD'S.
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