 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
 | Aphorisms and apothegms - 1856 - 372 pages
...truth, And nothing stands but for his scythe to mow. Shakspeare. CCCCLXV. Good breeding is 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. — Chesterfield. CCCCLXVT. The modest virgin,... | |
 | Abraham Mills - English literature - 1858 - 608 pages
...GOOD BREEDING. 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.' Taking this for granted (as I think it can... | |
 | Jonathan Swift, Thomas Roscoe - 1859 - 686 pages
...not be imputed to one of these three motives. Upon which account, I should be exceed,' " The result of much good sense, some good nature, and a little self-denial for the sake of others, aTitl with a view to obtain the same indulgence from them." — . LOUD CnnSTERFiEUi. ingly sorry to... | |
 | Alphonse Mariette - 1860 - 404 pages
...1 1749. .... A friend of yours and mine 2 has very justly defined good breeding to be, 3 the result of much good sense, some* good nature, and a little self-denial for the sake of others, and with a view 5 to obtain the same indulgence from them. Taking this for granted, 6 (as I think it... | |
 | Thomas Hillgrove - Ballroom dancing - 1888 - 280 pages
...will surely not be guilty of such conduct. Good breeding has been very justly defined 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. It cannot be attended to too soon or too much... | |
 | Sarah Annie Frost, S. Annie (Sarah Annie) Frost - History - 1869 - 190 pages
...which every one has a right to expect. Good breeding is, as Lord Chesterfield well says, " 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." Lord Bacon, in his admirable essay on Ceremonies,... | |
 | Henry Barnard - Education - 1872 - 984 pages
...Swift ' as the art of making those people easy with whom we converse ;' by Chesterfield ' as 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,' and again as that ' without which the scholar... | |
 | Henry Barnard - Education - 1872 - 988 pages
...Swift ' as the art of making those people easy with whom we converse ;' by Chesterfield ' as 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,' and again as that ' without which the scholar... | |
 | Amusements - 1899 - 666 pages
...bon ton in the eighteenth century, describes it as the result of much good sense, some good-nature, and a little self-denial for the sake of others, with a view to obtain the same indulgence from them. The name "etiquette," signifying in French "a ticket," is generally supposed to have originated from... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - Quotations, English - 1876 - 768 pages
...Spectator, No. 119. 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." Taking this for granted (as I think it cannot... | |
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