Practical Morality, Or, A Guide to Men and Manners: Consisting of Lord Chesterfields' Advice to His Son ; to which is Added, a Supplement Containing Extracts from Various Books, Recommended by Lord Chesterfield to Mr. Stanhope ; Together with The Polite Philosopher, Or an Essay on the Art which Makes a Man Happy in Himself, and Agreeable to Others ; to which is Added, Dr. Blair's Advice to Youth, Dr. Fordyce On Honour as a Principle, Lord Burghley's Ten Precepts to His Son, Dr. Franklin's Way to Wealth, and Pope's Universal PrayerJ. Walker, 1813 - 255 pages |
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... friend than a more important ser- vice would have done . The more trifling these things are , the more they prove your attention for the person , and are consequently the more engag- ing . Consult your own breast , and recollect how ...
... friend than a more important ser- vice would have done . The more trifling these things are , the more they prove your attention for the person , and are consequently the more engag- ing . Consult your own breast , and recollect how ...
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... friend alone has been in a mistake , yet you should represent the mistake as common to you both and when you have ascribed some part of it to yourself , then you may venture to admonish or to reprove him in some such expressions as ...
... friend alone has been in a mistake , yet you should represent the mistake as common to you both and when you have ascribed some part of it to yourself , then you may venture to admonish or to reprove him in some such expressions as ...
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... friends : he , therefore , that wishes to appear amiable and agree- able to his acquaintance , will not have continually in his mouth expressions of this kind : ' Tis false , sir ; whatever you may think , the affair is as I say ; ' and ...
... friends : he , therefore , that wishes to appear amiable and agree- able to his acquaintance , will not have continually in his mouth expressions of this kind : ' Tis false , sir ; whatever you may think , the affair is as I say ; ' and ...
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... friend ; and at the same time makes himself so disagree- able to others , that they dare not venture to be upon a familiar footing with him , for fear of being every moment engaged in some foolish altercation . If any one , however ...
... friend ; and at the same time makes himself so disagree- able to others , that they dare not venture to be upon a familiar footing with him , for fear of being every moment engaged in some foolish altercation . If any one , however ...
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... friends , & c . , that , with the best inten- tions in the world , we very often make some very disagreeable blunders.t He also , who , either in token of admiration , or by way of sneer , makes a particular kind of noise with his mouth ...
... friends , & c . , that , with the best inten- tions in the world , we very often make some very disagreeable blunders.t He also , who , either in token of admiration , or by way of sneer , makes a particular kind of noise with his mouth ...
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