 A friend of yours and mine has very justly defined good breeding to be the result of much good sense, some good nature, and a little self-denial for the sake of others, and with a view to obtain the same indulgence from them.  The Quarterly Review - Page 321edited by - 1890Full view - About this book
 | Jacques Carré - Literary Criticism - 1994 - 232 pages
...nearest to a definition of good-breeding is to be found in letter 168, "the result of much good-sense, some good nature, and a little self-denial for the sake of others, and with a view to obtain the same indulgence from others." But this does not lead very far, for the... | |
 | American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals - Animal welfare - 1899 - 340 pages
...the result of much good sense, some good nature, and a little self denial for the sake of others, and with a view to obtain the same indulgence from them. It is astonishing to me, that any body, who has good sense and good nature, can essentially fail in good... | |
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