 | Elegant extracts - 1812 - 310 pages
...face, and a whiffling activity of the body, are strong indications of futility. Whoever is in a hurry, shows that the thing he is about is too big for him — haste and hurry are very different things. I have only mentioned some of those things which may, and do, in the... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1815 - 360 pages
...whiffling activity of the body, are strong indications of futility . Whoever is in a hurry , shews thai the thing he is about is too big for him. Haste and hurry ~are very different things. To conclude: A man who has patiently been kicked , may as well pretend... | |
 | 1828 - 394 pages
...face, and a whiffling activity of the body, are strong indications of futility. Whoever is in a hurry, shows that the thing he is about is too big for him. Haste and hurry are very different things. LESSON LV1II. The Natural History of Ants. IN a former paper I supposed... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1831 - 290 pages
...face, and a whiffling activity of the body, are strong indications of futility. Whoever is in a burry, shows that the thing he is about is too big for him. Haste and burry are very different things. To conclude : A man who has patiently heen kicked may as well pretend to courage, as a man blasted... | |
 | John J. Harrod - 1832 - 338 pages
...face, and a whiffling activity of the body, are strong indications of futility. Whoever is in a hurry, shows that the thing he is about is too big for him. Haste and hurry are very different things. CHESTERFIELD. LESSON CXVI. Demosthenes and Cicero Compared. 1. These... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope (4th earl of Chesterfield.) - 1836 - 96 pages
...a whiffling activity of the body, are strong indications of futility. Whoever is in a hurry, shews that the thing he is about is too big for him. Haste and hurry are very different things. To conclude : a man who has patiently been kicked, may as well pretend... | |
 | William Graham (teacher of elocution.) - 1837 - 370 pages
...face, and a whiffling activity of the body, are strong indications of futility. Whoever is in a hurry, shows that the thing he is about is too big for him — haste and hurry are very different things. I have only mentioned some of those things which may, and do, in the... | |
 | 1841 - 300 pages
...whiffling activity of the body, are strong indications of futility. Whoever is in a hurry, shows thai the thing he is about is too big for him. Haste and hurry are very different things. To conclude : A man who has patiently been kicked may as well pretend... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1847 - 492 pages
...face, and a whiffling activity of the body, are strong indications of futility. Whoever is in a hurry, shows that the thing he is about is too big for him. Haste and hurry are very different things. I have only mentioned some of those things which may and do, in the... | |
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A certain degree of exterior seriousness in looks and motions, gives dignity, without excluding wit and decent cheerfulness, which are always serious themselves. A constant smirk upon the face, and a whiffling activity of the body, are strong indications... 
