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Letters written by the...earl of Chesterfield to his son; with some account ... - Page 184
by Philip Dormer Stanhope (4th earl of Chesterfield.) - 1813
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Letters written by the ... earl of Chesterfield to his son, publ ..., Volume 3

Philip Dormer Stanhope (4th earl of Chesterfield.) - 1800 - 418 pages
...forgive the leaft vice of the heart. Tlic heart never grows better by age ; I fear, rather wdrfe ; always harder. A young liar will be an old one ; and...will only be a greater knave as he grows older. But mould a bad young heart, accompanied with a good head (which, by the way, very feklom is the cafe),...
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Elements of a Polite Education: Carefully Selected from the Letters of the ...

Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1801 - 474 pages
...not forgive the leail vice of the heart. The heart never grows better by age -TI tear rather worfe ; always harder. A young liar will be an old one ; and...will only be a greater knave as he grows older. But (hould a bad young heart, accompanied with a good head (which, by the way, very feldom is the cafe)...
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Letters Written by the Late Right Honourable Philip Dormer ..., Volume 3

Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1804 - 404 pages
...not forgive the leaft vice of the heart. The heart never grows belter by age ; I fear rather worfe ; always harder. A young liar will be an old one ; and a young knave will on)/ be a greater knave as he grows older. But i4 LORD CHESTERFIELD'S LETTERS fhould a bad young heart...
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The New Universal Letter Writer, Or, Complete Art of Polite Correspondence ...

1818 - 254 pages
...but they do not forgive the least vice of the heart. The heart never grows.tietter by age : I fear worse, always harder. A young liar will be an old...greater knave as he grows older. But should a bad young heart, accompanied with a good head (which by the way is very seldom the case) really reform in a more...
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The New Universal Letter Writer: Containing Letters on Different Subjects

1827 - 112 pages
...but they do not forsrive the least vice of the heart. The heart never grows better by age ; 1 fear worse, always harder.— A young liar will be an old...greater knave as he grows older. But should a bad young heart, accompanied with a good head, which by the way is very seldom the case, really reform in a more...
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The Letter Writer: Containing a Great Variety of Letters on the Following ...

1827 - 292 pages
...; bu«4hev do not forgive the least vice of the heart. The heart never grows better by age ; I fear worse, always harder. A young liar will be an old...greater knave as he grows older. But should a bad young heart, accompanied with a good head, which by the way is very seldom the case, really reform in a more...
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The Beauties of Chesterfield

Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1828 - 270 pages
...heart. The heart never grows better by age ; I fear rather worse ; always harder. A young liar wfll be an old one ; and a young knave will only be a greater knave as he grows older. But should a bad young heart, accompanied with a good head, (which, by the way, is very seldom the case,) really reform in...
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Laconics; or, The best words of the best authors [ed. by J. Timbs ..., Volume 1

Laconics - 1829 - 390 pages
...latest moment of evening from the first of night. — Lavater. cxxn. The heart never grows better by age; I fear rather worse; always harder. A young liar...knave will only be a greater knave as he grows older. — Chesterfield. • cxxvn. Every true critic is a hero born, descending in a direct line from a celestial...
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Laconics: Or, The Best Words of the Best Authors, Volume 1

John Timbs - 1829 - 354 pages
...latest moment of evening from the first of night. — Lavater. CXXVI. The heart never grows better by age; I fear rather worse; always harder. A young liar...knave will only be a greater knave as he grows older. — Chesterfield. cxxvn. Every true critic is a hero born, descending in a direct line from a celestial...
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The Beauties of Chesterfield: Consisting of Selections from His Works

Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield, Esq. Alfred Howard - 1831 - 306 pages
...of the senses ; but they do not forgive the least vice of the heart. The heart never grows better by age ; I fear rather worse ; always harder. A young liar will be an old one ; and a young knave will on\j be a greater knave as he grows older. But should a bad young heart, accompanied with a good head,...
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