 | 1803 - 456 pagine
...and then they should be able to do it well. And though I would not have you a dancer, yet when you dance I would have you dance well, as I would have you do every thing you do well. As you are now in a musical country, where singing, fiddling, and piping are not only the common topics... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope (4th earl of Chesterfield.) - 1813 - 430 pagine
...do it well. And though I wonM not have you a daneer, yet when you do danee, I would have you danee well ; as I would have you do every thing you do, 'well. There is no one thing so trifling, but whieh (if it is t« lie done at all) ought to be done well ; and I have ofteu tohi you, that I... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1827 - 420 pagine
...of sense are sometimes obliged to conform ; and then they should be able to do it well. And, though I would not have you a dancer, yet, when you do dance,...thing, you do, well. There is no one thing so trifling, but which {if it is to be done at all) ought to be done well. And I have often told you, that I wished... | |
 | R. Turner (B.A.) - 1845 - 318 pagine
...of sense are sometimes obliged to conform ; and then they should be able to do it well. And though I would not have you a dancer, yet when you do dance, I would have you dance well ; as I would have yon do every thing you do well. There is no one thing so trifling, but which (if it is to be done at... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1847 - 492 pagine
...of sense are sometimes obliged to conform ; and then they should be able to do it well. And, though I would not have you a dancer, yet, when you do dance,...would have you dance well, as I would have you do everything, you do, well. There is no one thing so trifling, but which (if it is to be done at all)... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1853 - 764 pagine
...sense are sometimes obliged to conform ; and then they should be able to do it well. And, though 1 would not have you a dancer, yet, when you do dance,...thing you do well. There is no one thing so trifling, but which (if it is to be done at all) ought to be done well ; and I have often told you, that I wished... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1857 - 642 pagine
...sometimes obliged to conform ; and then they should be able to do it well. And, though I would not have yon a dancer, yet, when you do dance, I would have you dance well, as I would have you do everything you do well. There is no one thing so trifling, but which (if it is to be done at all) ought... | |
 | Cecil B. Hartley - 1860 - 344 pagine
...of sense are sometimes obliged to conform ; anil then they should he able to do it well. And, though I would not have you a dancer, yet, when you do dance,...would have you dance well, as I would have you do everything you do veil." In another letter, he writes: "Do you mind your dancing while your dancing... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1870 - 292 pagine
...of sense are sometimes obliged to conform; and then they should be able to do it well. And, though I would not have you a dancer, yet, when you do dance,...would have you dance well, as I would have you do everything you do, well. There is no one thing so trifling, but which (if it is to be done at all)... | |
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Dancing is in itself a very trifling, silly thing ; but it is one of those established follies to which people of sense are sometimes obliged to conform, and then they should be able to do it well. And though I would not have you a dancer, yet when you... 
