 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
 | David Josiah Brewer, Edward Archibald Allen, William Schuyler - American essays - 1900 - 464 pages
...ON 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 cannot... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - Conduct of life - 1901 - 438 pages
...upon that subject. A friend of yours and mine has very justly defined goodbreeding tO be, THB 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... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - Conduct of life - 1901 - 514 pages
...friend of yours and mine has very justly defined good breeding to be, the result of much good seme, some good nature, and a little self-denial for the sake of others, and mth a view to obtain the same indulgence from them. Taking this for granted (as I think it cannot... | |
 | Ontario. Legislative Assembly - Ontario - 1902 - 782 pages
...breeding, and socially wise, in his generation, was the man who defined good breeding to be " the result of much good sense, some good nature, and a little...with a view to obtain the same indulgence from them." The essence of good manners lies in n desire to do and to be the best that circumstances permit, and... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1902 - 860 pages
...friend of yours and mine has very justly defined good-breeding to be, 'the result of much good-sense, wards the end of her life, long confinement, and the coldness of th and with a view lo obtain the same indulgence from them." Taking this for granted — as I think it... | |
 | Robert Chambers - American literature - 1902 - 864 pages
...friend- of yours and mine has very justly defined good-breeding to be, 'the result of much good-sense, and with a view to obtain the same indulgence from them.' Taking this for granted — as I think it... | |
 | D.C. Heath and Company - Readers - 1903 - 360 pages
...LORD CHESTERFIELD 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... | |
 | Readers - 1903 - 360 pages
...LORD CHESTERFIELD 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... | |
 | Agnes Repplier - Fiction - 1904 - 296 pages
...self-esteem to be so easily helped. " Good breeding," he says thoughtfully, " is a combination of much sense, some good nature, and a little self-denial...with a view to obtain the same indulgence from them." Here is a " Tourist's Guide," — the briefest ever penned. We cannot learn to love other tourists,... | |
 | Harvey Austin Fuller - Aesthetics - 1905 - 88 pages
...journey done, Sinks golden into arms of night. THE BEAUTY OF GOOD MANNERS. 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 others. — CHESTERFIELD. One may be rigidly polite,... | |
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