Life of Lord Chesterfield; an account of the ancestry, personal character & public services of the fourth Earl of Chesterfield[microform] . I repeat to you, myfriend, if you get mixed up with low people you are wretches will destroy both your future and yourhealth, corrupt your morals, and you will never acquirethe tone of good society. The company laughed at thisqueer homily; and the person to whom it was addressedwas, as he himself declares, stunned by it. But headds, When I found afterwards that both she and thoseto whom she had presented me countenanced and pro-tected me in comp
Life of Lord Chesterfield; an account of the ancestry, personal character & public services of the fourth Earl of Chesterfield[microform] . I repeat to you, myfriend, if you get mixed up with low people you are wretches will destroy both your future and yourhealth, corrupt your morals, and you will never acquirethe tone of good society. The company laughed at thisqueer homily; and the person to whom it was addressedwas, as he himself declares, stunned by it. But headds, When I found afterwards that both she and thoseto whom she had presented me countenanced and pro-tected me in company, I gradually got more assurance,and began not to be ashamed of endeavouring to be copied the best masters, at first servilely, afterwards morefreely, and at last I joined habit and invention.^ We find him now therefore arrived at the stage whichhe, no doubt with exaggeration, describes to good as his being in all respects like a Frenchman;and we have probably too, the explanation of thosepurchases of powder, feathers, and white gloves, to which ^ Letter of ii January, 1750, pp. 308-10, vol. I, Bradshaws 1^ tyjcin Frm, ..,..////.y. jr/^^^rc^tti^.*:-.
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