 Talk often, but never long ; in that case, if you do not please, at least you are sure not to tire your hearers. Pay your own reckoning, but do not treat the whole company, — this being one of the very few cases in which people do not care to be treated,...  The Edinburgh Review - Página 4491845Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1801 - 474 páginas
...confequence. Talk often, but never long ; in that cafe, if you do not pleafe, at leaft you are lure not to tire your hearers. Pay your own reckoning,...•whole company ; this being one of the very few cafes in which people do not care to be treated, every one being fully convinced that he has wherewithal... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope - 1810 - 468 páginas
...sure not to tire your hearers. Pay your own reckoning, hnt do not treat the whole company ; this heing one of the very few cases in which people do not care to he treated, every one heing fully convinced that he has wherewithal to pay. Tell stories very seldom,... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope (4th earl of Chesterfield.) - 1813 - 430 páginas
...one of the very few eases in whieh people do not eare to be treated, every one being fully eonvineed that he has where•withal to pay. Tell stories very seldom, and absolutely never but where they are very apt, and very short. Omit every eireumstanee that is not material, and beware of digressions.... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1827 - 420 páginas
...they are of consequence. Talk often, but never long ; in that case, if you do not please, at least you are sure not to tire your hearers. Pay your own reckoning,...stories very seldom, and absolutely never but where they are very apt, and very short. Omit every circumstance that is not material, and beware of digressions.... | |
 | Samuel Miller - 1827 - 436 páginas
...own expense, to treat the whole company. This being one of the few cases in which people do not wish to be treated ; every one being fully convinced that he has wherewithal to pay his own bill." This fault is particularly noticed and reproved in Scripture, v? fool's voice, says... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1847 - 492 páginas
...they are of consequence. Talk often, but never long ; in that case, if you do not please, at least you are sure not to tire your hearers. Pay your own reckoning,...stories very seldom, and absolutely never but where they are very apt, and very short. Omit every circumstance that is not material, and beware of digressions.... | |
 | Samuel Miller - 1852 - 386 páginas
...own expense, to treat the whole company. This being one of the few cases in which people do not wish to be treated; every one being fully convinced that he has wherewithal to pay his own bill." This fault is particularly noticed and reproved in Scripture. "A fool's voice," says... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1853 - 764 páginas
...they are of consequence. Talk often, but never long; in that case, if you do not please, at least you are sure not to tire your hearers. Pay your own reckoning,...stories very seldom, and absolutely never but where they are very apt and very short. Omit every circumstance that is not material, and beware of digressions.... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1856 - 502 páginas
...and his mind was full. He consciously or unconsciously, too, abided by Lord Chesterfield's rule, " Pay your own reckoning, but do not treat the whole...being fully convinced that he has wherewithal to pay." His favourite maxim (copied from Swift) was " Take as many half-minutes as you can get. but never talk... | |
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