 | School - 1783 - 358 pages
...language of the company you are in ; fpeak it purely, and unlarded withany other. Nerer feem wifer, .nor more learned, than the people you are with ;...learning like your watch, in a private pocket ; and not pull it out and ftrike it, merely to fhew that you have one. If you are aflced what o'clock it... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope (4th earl of Chesterfield.) - 1813 - 430 pages
...If, therefore, you would avoid the aeeusation of pedantry on one hand, or the suspieion of ignoranee on the other, abstain from learned ostentation. Speak the language of the eompany you are in ; speak it purely, and unlarded with any other. Never seem wiser, nor more learned,... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1815 - 360 pages
...in hopes of passing for scholars . If therefore , you would avoid the accusation of pedantry, on one hand, or the suspicion of ignorance , on the other...learned ostentation. Speak the language of the company that you are in , speak it pnrely - and unlarded with any other . Never seem wiser, -nor more learned,... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - Conduct of life - 1827 - 420 pages
...in hopes of passing for scholars. If, therefore, you would avoid the accusation of pedantry, on one hand, or the suspicion of ignorance, on the other,...learned ostentation. Speak the language of the company that you are in ; speak it purely, and unlarded with any other. Never seem wiser, nor more learned,... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - Conduct of life - 1831 - 290 pages
...in hopes of passing for scholars. If, therefore, you would avoid the accusation of pedantry on one hand, or the suspicion of ignorance on the other,...wiser nor more learned than the people you are with. Weai your learning, like your watch, in a private pocket; and do not pull it out, and strike it, merely... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope (4th earl of Chesterfield.) - 1836 - 96 pages
...in hopes of passing for scholars. If, therefore, you would avoid the accusation of pedantry on one hand, or the suspicion of ignorance on the other,...in ; speak it purely, and unlarded with any other. Nor seem wiser nor more learned than the people you are with. Wear your learning like your watch, in... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope (4th earl of Chesterfield.), Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1846 - 212 pages
...hopes of passing for scholars. If, therefore, you would avoid the accusation™™ of pedantry, on one hand, or the suspicion of ignorance, on the other,...language of the company you are in; speak it purely, and unktrdedw with any other. Never seem wiser, nor more learned, than the people you are with. Wear your... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - Conduct of life - 1847 - 492 pages
...in hopes of passing for scholars. If, therefore, you would avoid the accusation of pedantry on one hand, or the suspicion of ignorance on the other,...learned ostentation. Speak the language of the company that you are in ; speak it purely, and unlarded with any other. Xevcr seem wiser nor more learned than... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1853 - 764 pages
...in hopes of passing for scholars. If, therefore, you would avoid the accusation of pedantry on one hand, or the suspicion of ignorance on the other, abstain from learned ostentation. Speak thtlanguage of the company that you are in ; speak it purely, and unlarded with any other. Never seem... | |
 | Etiquette - 1856 - 220 pages
...hopes of passing for scholars. If, therefore, you would avoid the accusation of pedantry on the one hand, or the suspicion of ignorance on the other,...learned ostentation. Speak the language of the company that you are in; speak it purely, and unlarded with any other. Never seem wiser, nor more learned,... | |
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... of ancient authors by heart, which they improperly and impertinently retail in all companies, in hopes of passing for scholars. If, therefore, you would avoid the accusation of pedantry on one hand, or the suspicion of ignorance on the other, abstain... 
