The life of the late Earl of Chesterfield: or the man of the world including his lordship's principal speeches in Parliament; his most admired essays in the paper called the World; his poems; and the substance of the system of education, delivered in a series of letters to his son ... / [Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield].

  • Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of, 1694-1773.
Date:
1774
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The life of the late Earl of Chesterfield: or the man of the world including his lordship's principal speeches in Parliament; his most admired essays in the paper called the World; his poems; and the substance of the system of education, delivered in a series of letters to his son ... / [Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

    19/300 (page 5)
    the drefs, the air, the manner, the addrefs, and the turn of converfation of all thofe whom I found to be the people indafhion, and moit generally allowed to pleale.: I imitated them as well as I could: if I heard that one man was reckoned remark-_ ably genteel, | carefully watched his drefs, motions, and attitudes, and formed my own upon them. When I heard of ano- ther, whofe converfation was agreeable and engaging, I liitened and attended to the turn of ir. I addrefied mytelf, though de tres mauvaife grace, to all the moft fathion- able fine ladies; confefled, and laughed with them at my own awkwardnefs and rawneis, recommending myfelf as an ob- ject for themrto try their fkill in forming, ** By thefe means, and with a paffionate defire of pleafing every bedy, | came by “ degrees to pleafe fome ; and, I can affure #3 you, [his fom] that what little figure I 7 have made in the world, has been much more awing to that paffienate defire | had of pleafing univerfally, than to any Intrinfic merit, or found knowledge f He might ever have been matter of. My paf- Jus - fion {for pleaing was fo {trong (and | aNEE | ly ageiaE very glad it was fo) that I own to YOU ce ere fairly, -l withed to make every woman! — ee _. faw, in love with me, and every nu fs a Ets - met with, admire me. Wichout this ‘Pate ooo Hen: Bos, Rey,