Letters Written by the Earl of Chesterfield to His Son, Band 2Thomas Tegg, 1827 |
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... taste of sculpture and painting is , in my mind , as becoming , as a taste of fiddling and piping is unbe- coming a man of fashion . The former is connected with History and Poetry ; the latter , with nothing , that I know of , but bad ...
... taste of sculpture and painting is , in my mind , as becoming , as a taste of fiddling and piping is unbe- coming a man of fashion . The former is connected with History and Poetry ; the latter , with nothing , that I know of , but bad ...
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... taste and style of building were truly antique . It would not be amiss , if you employed three or four days in learning the five Orders of Architecture , with their general pro- portions ; and you may know all that you need know of them ...
... taste and style of building were truly antique . It would not be amiss , if you employed three or four days in learning the five Orders of Architecture , with their general pro- portions ; and you may know all that you need know of them ...
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... taste your pleasures . The exercise of the mind in the morning whets the appetite for the pleasures of the evening , as much as the exercise of the body whets the appetite for dinner . Business and pleasure , rightly understood ...
... taste your pleasures . The exercise of the mind in the morning whets the appetite for the pleasures of the evening , as much as the exercise of the body whets the appetite for dinner . Business and pleasure , rightly understood ...
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... taste of Painting , Sculpture , and Architecture , if you please , by a careful examination of the works of the best ancient and modern artists ; those are liberal arts , and a real taste and knowledge of them become a man of fashion ...
... taste of Painting , Sculpture , and Architecture , if you please , by a careful examination of the works of the best ancient and modern artists ; those are liberal arts , and a real taste and knowledge of them become a man of fashion ...
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... picture , than upon the taste and skill of the painter . If this be not already done , I desire that you will have it done forthwith , before you leave Venice ; and enclose it in a letter to me ; which letter , for LETTERS TO HIS SON . 67.
... picture , than upon the taste and skill of the painter . If this be not already done , I desire that you will have it done forthwith , before you leave Venice ; and enclose it in a letter to me ; which letter , for LETTERS TO HIS SON . 67.
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