Letters Written by the Late Right Honourable Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield: To His Son, Philip Stanhope, Esq. ... Together with Several Other Pieces on Various Subjects. In Four Volumes, Volume 3 |
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Page 104 - His figure, without being deformed, seems made to disgrace or ridicule the common structure of the human body : his legs and arms are never in the position which, according to the situation of his body, they ought to be in, but constantly employed in committing acts of hostility upon the Graces.
Page 241 - Learning is acquired by reading books ; but the much more necessary learning, the knowledge of the world, is only to be acquired by reading men and studying all the various editions of them.
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| Title | Letters Written by the Late Right Honourable Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield: To His Son, Philip Stanhope, Esq. ... Together with Several Other Pieces on Various Subjects. In Four Volumes, Volume 3 Letters Written by the Late Right Honourable Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield: To His Son, Philip Stanhope, Esq. ... Together with Several Other Pieces on Various Subjects. In Four Volumes, Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield |
| Author | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield |
| Contributor | Eugenia Stanhope |
| Publisher | J. Nichols and Son, 1804 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 12 Oct 2005 |
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