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| John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
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| Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield. (1694–1773) (continued) |
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| Sacrifice to the Graces. 1 |
| Letter, March 9, 1748. |
| 3861 |
| Manners must adorn knowledge, and smooth its way through the world. Like a great rough diamond, it may do very well in a closet by way of curiosity, and also for its intrinsic value. |
| Letter, July 1, 1748. |
| 3862 |
| Style is the dress of thoughts. |
| Letter, Nov. 24, 1749. |
| 3863 |
| Despatch is the soul of business. |
| Letter, Feb. 5, 1750. |
| 3864 |
| Chapter of accidents. 2 |
| Letter, Feb. 16, 1753. |
| 3865 |
| I assisted at the birth of that most significant word “flirtation,” which dropped from the most beautiful mouth in the world. |
| The World. No. 101. |
| 3866 |
| Unlike my subject now shall be my song; It shall be witty, and it sha’n’t be long. |
| Impromptu Lines. |
| 3867 |
| The dews of the evening most carefully shun,— Those tears of the sky for the loss of the sun. |
| Advice to a Lady in Autumn. |
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| The nation looked upon him as a deserter, and he shrunk into insignificancy and an earldom. |
| Character of Pulteney. |
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| He adorned whatever subject he either spoke or wrote upon, by the most splendid eloquence. 3 |
| Character of Bolingbroke. |
| Note 1. Plato was continually saying to Xenocrates, “Sacrifice to the Graces.”—Diogenes Laertius: Xenocrates, book iv. sect. 2. Let us sacrifice to the Muses.—Plutarch: The Banquet of the Seven Wise Men. (A saying of Solon.) [back] |
| Note 2. Chapter of accidents.—Edmund Burke: Notes for Speeches (edition 1852), vol. ii. p. 426. John Wilkes said that “the Chapter of Accidents is the longest chapter in the book.”—Robert Southey: The Doctor, chap. cxviii. [back] |
| Note 3. Who left scarcely any style of writing untouched, And touched nothing that he did not adorn. Samuel Johnson: Epitaph on Goldsmith. Il embellit tout ce qu’il touche (He adorned whatever he touched).—Fénelon: Lettre sur les Occupations de l’ Académie Française, sect. iv. [back] |
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