 Women who are either indisputably beautiful or indisputably ugly are best flattered upon the score of their understandings; but those who are in a state of mediocrity are best flattered upon their beauty, or at least their graces; for every woman who...  Letters Written by the Earl of Chesterfield to His Son - Page 186by Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1857 - 609 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1847 - 492 pages
...capable of forming. A man of sense only trifles with them, plays with them, humours and flatters them, as he does with a sprightly, forward child ; but he neither...the score of their understandings ; but those who arc in a state of mediocrity, are best flattered upou their beauty, or at least their graces ; for... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1853 - 764 pages
...do it. No flattery is cither too high or too low for them. They will greedily swallow the highcat, and gratefully accept of the lowest; and you may safely...herself handsome; but not hearing often that she is so. it the more grateful, and the more obliged to the few who tell her so: whereas a decided and conscious... | |
 | John Morley - 1867 - 308 pages
...that " women who are either iudisputably beautiful or indisputably ugly are best flattered upon tbe score of their understandings, but those who are in a state of mediocrity are best flattered on their beauty, or at least their graces ; for every woman who is not absolutely ugly thinks herself... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1870 - 292 pages
...proud of, for they love mightily to be dabbling in business (which, by the way, they always Bpoil); and being justly distrustful, that men in general...handsome, but not hearing often that she is so, is the more grateful and the more obliged to the few who tell her so ; whereas a decided and conscious beauty... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope (4th earl of Chesterfield.) - 1872 - 474 pages
...for them. They will greedily swallow tho highest, and gratefully accept of the lowest; and you mny safely flatter any woman, from her understanding,...handsome ; but not hearing often that she is so, is the more grateful and the more obliged to the few who tell her so : whereas a decided and conscious beauty... | |
 | Charles Patrick Fox - 1871 - 292 pages
...safely flatter any woman, from her understanding down to the exquisite taste of her fan. Women who are indisputably beautiful or indisputably ugly, are best...handsome, but, not hearing often that she is so, is the more grateful and the more obliged to the few who tell her so ; whereas a decided and conscious beauty... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1888 - 346 pages
...flattery is either too high, or too low for them. They will greedily swallow the highest, and gracefully accept of the lowest ; and you may safely flatter...handsome, but not hearing often that she is so, is the more grateful and the more obliged to the few who tell her so ; whereas a decided and conscious beauty... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1890 - 590 pages
...lowest,' their capture involves little trouble and no art. But it is well to bear in mind that 'those who are either indisputably beautiful or indisputably...understandings ; but those who are in a state of mediocrity, upon their beauty, or at least their graces.' In flattering them, however, on the store of their understanding... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1890 - 582 pages
...lowest,' their capture involves little trouble and no art. But it is well to bear in mind that ' those who are either indisputably beautiful or indisputably...understandings ; but those who are in a state of mediocrity, upon their beauty, or at least their graces.' In flattering them, however, on the store of their understanding... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1891 - 296 pages
...to the exquisite 1 ' Men are but children of a larger growth.' — Dryden, All for Love, iv. i. 174 taste of her fan. Women who are either indisputably...handsome, but not hearing often that she is so, is the more grateful and the more obliged to the few _who tell her so : whereas a decided and conscious beauty... | |
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