| Philip Dormer Stanhope (4th earl of Chesterfield.) - 1800 - 418 pages
...only th$ lefs genteel for a fine coat, if in wearing it he fhows a regard for it, and is not as eafy in it as if it were A plain one. I thank you for your drawing, which I am impatient to fee, and which I fhall hang up in a new gaK lery that I am building at Blackhcath, and very fond of;... | |
| Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1804 - 404 pages
...coat, if in «2 LORD CHESTMFIELD S LETTBRI wearing it he fhows a regard for it, and is not as eafy in it as if it were a plain one. I thank you for your drawing, which I am impatient to fee, and which I fhall hang up in a new gallery that I am building at Blackheath, and very fond of;... | |
| Philip Dormer Stanhope (4th earl of Chesterfield.) - 1813 - 408 pages
...made, and wom easily : for a man is only the less genteel for a fine eoat, if in wearing it he shousa regard for it, and is not as easy in it as if it -were a plain one. I thank you for your drawing, whieh I am impatient to see, nnd whieh I .shall hangup in a new gallery that I am building wt Blaekheath,... | |
| Lord Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1827 - 390 pages
...the fashion. Next to their being fine, they should be well made, and worn easily ; for a man is only the less genteel for a fine coat, if in wearing it...and which I shall hang up in a new gallery that I am building at Blackheath, and very fond of; but I am still more impatient for another copy, which I wonder... | |
| John Timbs - 1829 - 354 pages
...Smollet. xxin. Next to clothes being fine, they should be well made, and worn easily: for a man is only the less genteel for a fine coat, if in wearing it...and is not as easy in it as if it were a plain one. — Chesterfield. XXIV. A little wit is equally capable of exposing a beauty and of aggravating a fault;... | |
| Laconics - 1829 - 390 pages
...Snwllet. XXIIL Next to clothes being fine, they should be well made, •and worn easily: for a man is only the less genteel for a fine coat, if in wearing it...and is not as easy in it as if it were a plain one. — Chesterfield. XXIV. A little wit is equally capable of exposing a beauty nnd of aggravating a fault;... | |
| Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 822 pages
...being fine, they should be well made, and worn easily : for a man is only the less genteel for afine coat, if in wearing it he shows a regard for it, and is not as easy in it as if it were a plain one. Chesterfield. Be upon your guard against Jine-dressed and tinespoken chevaliers ' d'industrie/ Id.... | |
| Charles Lister - 1845 - 322 pages
...made and easily worn, for a man is only the less genteel for a fine coat if in wearing it he shews a regard for it and is not as easy in it as if it were a plain one." His lordship says subsubsequently : " At his age he does not wear feathers and red heels but takes... | |
| Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1847 - 574 pages
...the fashion. Next to their being fine, they should be well made, and worn easily ; for a man is only the less genteel for a fine coat, if in wearing it...and which I shall hang up in a new gallery that I am building at Blackheath, and very fond of ; but I am still more impatient for another copy, which I... | |
| Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1853 - 764 pages
...made, and worn easily : for a man is only the less genteel for a fine coat, if, in wearing it, he shews a regard for it, and is not as easy in it as if it...drawing, which I am impatient to see, and which I shali hang up in a new gallery that 1 am building at Blackheath, and very fond of; but I am still more... | |
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