Letters Written by the Earl of Chesterfield to His Son, Band 2Thomas Tegg, 1827 |
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... knowledge of His- tory , that makes every country , and every century , as it were , your own . Seriously ; I am told , that you are both very strong and very correct in His- tory ; of which I am extremely glad . This is useful knowledge ...
... knowledge of His- tory , that makes every country , and every century , as it were , your own . Seriously ; I am told , that you are both very strong and very correct in His- tory ; of which I am extremely glad . This is useful knowledge ...
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... Knowledge : the quickness of conception , which they allow you , I can easily credit ; but the attention , which they add to it , pleases me the more , as , I own , • I expected it less . Go on in the pursuit and the increase of Knowledge ...
... Knowledge : the quickness of conception , which they allow you , I can easily credit ; but the attention , which they add to it , pleases me the more , as , I own , • I expected it less . Go on in the pursuit and the increase of Knowledge ...
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... knowledge be ever so great . If that would be your case with me , as it really would , judge how much worse it might be with others , who have not the same affection and partiality for you , and to whose hearts you must make your own ...
... knowledge be ever so great . If that would be your case with me , as it really would , judge how much worse it might be with others , who have not the same affection and partiality for you , and to whose hearts you must make your own ...
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... knowledge , no languages , and , I am sure , no man- ners . I desire that you will form no connexions , nor ( what they impudently call ) friendships , with these people ; which are , in truth , only combinations and conspiracies ...
... knowledge , no languages , and , I am sure , no man- ners . I desire that you will form no connexions , nor ( what they impudently call ) friendships , with these people ; which are , in truth , only combinations and conspiracies ...
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... knowledge and experience of the world remind us of their impor- tance , commonly when it is too late . The principal of these things , is the mastery of one's temper , and that coolness of mind , and serenity of countenance , which ...
... knowledge and experience of the world remind us of their impor- tance , commonly when it is too late . The principal of these things , is the mastery of one's temper , and that coolness of mind , and serenity of countenance , which ...
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