 | Several Hands - 1774 - 642 pages
...calendars, from the Egyptian down to the Gregorian, amuluig them now and then with little epifodes ; bat I was particularly attentive to the choice of my words, to the harmony and roundnefs of my periods, to my elocution, to my Action. This fucceeded, and ever will fuccecd ; they... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope (4th earl of Chesterfield.) - 1800 - 418 pages
...calendars, from the Egyptian down to the Gregorian, amufing them now and then with little epifodes; but I was particularly attentive to the choice of my Words, to the harmony and roundnefs of my periods, fo rrry elocution, to my ad-lion. Thisfucceeded, and <fver will fucceed ;... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1804 - 408 pages
...calendars, from the Egyptian down to the Gregorian, amnfing them now and then with little epifodes ; but I was particularly attentive to the choice of my words, to the harmony and roundnefs of my periods, to my elocution, to my action. This fueceeded, and ever will fncceed ; •... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope - 1810 - 454 pages
...hetter than speak to the purpose, and to please instead of informing them. I gave them, therefore, ouly an historical account of calendars, from the Egyptian down to the Gregorian, um nsing thom now and then with little episodes; hut I was particularly attentive to the choice of... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope (4th earl of Chesterfield.) - 1813 - 410 pages
...please instead of informing them. I gave them, therefore, only an historieal aeeount of ealendars, from the Egyptian down to the Gregorian, amusing them now and then with little episodes ; but I was partieularly attentive to the ehoiee of my words, to the harmony and roundness of my periods, to my... | |
 | John George Cochrane - 1844 - 636 pages
...better than speak to the purpose, and to please instead of informing them. I gave them, therefore, only an historical account of Calendars, from the Egyptian...informed, because I pleased them, and many of them said I had made the whole very clear to them, when Goo. knows I had not even attempted it. Lord Macclesfield,... | |
 | 1844 - 620 pages
...than to speak to the purpose, and to please instead of informing them. I gave them, therefore, only an historical account of Calendars, from the Egyptian...informed, because I pleased them, and many of them said I had made the whole very clear to them, when God knows I had not even attempted it. Lord Macclesfield,... | |
 | 1845 - 562 pages
...better than speak to the purpose, and to please instead of informing them. I gave them, therefore, only an historical account of calendars, from the Egyptian...attentive to the choice of my words, to the harmony and soundness of my periods, to my elocution, to my action. This succeeded, and ever will succeed: they... | |
 | 1845 - 720 pages
...better than speak to.tbe purpose, and to please instead of informing them. I gave them, therefore, only an historical account of calendars, from the Egyptian...Gregorian, amusing them now and then with little episodes; hut I .was particularly attentive to the choice of my words, to the harmony and soundness of my periods,... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1853 - 764 pages
...better than speak to the purpose, and to please instead of informing them. 1 gave them, therefore, only an historical account of calendars, from the Egyptian...amusing them now and then with little episodes ; but 1 was particularly attentive to the choice of my words, to the harmony and roundness of my periods,... | |
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... not. For my own part, I could just as soon have talked Celtic or Sclavonian to them, as astronomy, and they would have understood me full as well: so I resolved to do better than speak to the purpose, and to please instead of informing them. I gave... 
