 | School - 1783 - 358 pagine
...yourfelf, or calling off the attention of the company to any new fubjecl. Take rather than give the fubject of the company you are in; if you have parts,. you will fhe\v them, mare or lefs, upon every fubject, and if you have not, you had better talk fillily upon... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1801 - 474 pagine
...nothing would hurt him more, than either to leave him in the midft of his difcourfe, or to difcover your impatience under your affliction. Take, rather than...the company you are in. If you have parts, you will fhow them, more orlefs, upon every fubje£t ; and if you have not, you hid better talk fillily upon... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1827 - 420 pagine
...nothing would hurt him more, than either to leave him in the midst of his discourse, or to discover your impatience under your affliction. Take rather than give, the tone of the company you are in. Tf you have parts, you will show them, more or less, upon every subject; and if you have not, you had... | |
 | Laconics - 1829 - 358 pagine
...fear—it has a different effect—the silent digestion of one wrong provokes a second.—Sterne. DLXXXIH. Take, rather than give, the tone of the company you...parts, you will show them, more or less, upon every subject; and if you have not, you had better talk sillily upon a subject of other people's than your... | |
 | John Timbs - 1829 - 354 pagine
...has a different effect — the silent digestion of one wrong provokes a second. — Sterne. DLXXXm. Take, rather than give, the tone of the company you...parts, you will show them, more or less, upon every subject; and if you have not, you had better talk sillily upon a subject of other people's than your... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1831 - 290 pagine
...however, every child knows. Adopt rather than give the subject. Take, rather than give, the subject of the company you are in. If you have parts, you will show them, more or less, upon every subject ; and if you have not, you had hetter talk sillily upon a subject of other people's than of... | |
 | James Campbell (teacher of English.) - 1832 - 274 pagine
...the company to any new subject. This, however, every child knows: take, rather than give the subject of the company you are in. If you have parts, you will shew them, more or less, upon every subject ; and, if you have not, you had better talk sillily upon... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope (4th earl of Chesterfield.) - 1836 - 96 pagine
...but never long ; in that case, if you do not please, at least you are sure not to tire, your hearers. Take, rather than give, the tone of the company you are in. If you have parts you will shew them more or less upon every subject ; and if you have not, you had better talk sillily upon a... | |
 | 1845 - 718 pagine
...out; for, if people are not willing to hear you, you had much better hold your tongue than them. ; : ' Take rather than give the tone of the company you...parts, you will show them, more or less, upon every subject; and if you had not, you had better talk sillily upon a subject of other people's than of your... | |
 | 1845 - 562 pagine
...out ; for, if people are not willing to hear you, you had much better hold yoar tongue than them. ' Take rather than give the tone of the company you are in. If yon have parts, you will show them, more or less, upon every subject; and if you had not, you had better... | |
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Take rather than give the tone of the company you are in. If you have parts you will show them more or less upon every subject; and if you have not, you had better talk sillily upon a subject of other people's than of your own choosing. 
