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 Prayer |
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... company . And , certainly , let a man be ever so much in- clined to gaping ... low , this idle custom ought certainly to be avoided ; being ( as was ... company we are in does not greatly please us , but also make a disco- very not very ...
... company . And , certainly , let a man be ever so much in- clined to gaping ... low , this idle custom ought certainly to be avoided ; being ( as was ... company we are in does not greatly please us , but also make a disco- very not very ...
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... low company . For example : If , instead of saying that tastes are different , and that every man has his own peculiar one , ' you should let off a proverb , and say , that ' What is one man's meat is another man's poison ; ' or else ...
... low company . For example : If , instead of saying that tastes are different , and that every man has his own peculiar one , ' you should let off a proverb , and say , that ' What is one man's meat is another man's poison ; ' or else ...
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... company . When we avoid singularity , what should we be ashamed of ? And why should not we go into a mixed company ... low company so surely as bashfulness . If he thinks that he shall not , he most surely will not , please . Some ...
... company . When we avoid singularity , what should we be ashamed of ? And why should not we go into a mixed company ... low company so surely as bashfulness . If he thinks that he shall not , he most surely will not , please . Some ...
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... low condition , whatever their merit or talents may be , can never be called good company ; and therefore should not be much frequented , though by no means despised . A ... company with people above you ; for there you rise , COMPANY . 13.
... low condition , whatever their merit or talents may be , can never be called good company ; and therefore should not be much frequented , though by no means despised . A ... company with people above you ; for there you rise , COMPANY . 13.
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... low company , which , in every sense of the word , is low indeed ; low in rank , low in parts , low in manners , and low in merit . Vanity , that source of many of our fol . lies , and some of our crimes , has sunk many a man into company ...
... low company , which , in every sense of the word , is low indeed ; low in rank , low in parts , low in manners , and low in merit . Vanity , that source of many of our fol . lies , and some of our crimes , has sunk many a man into company ...
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