 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1815 - 360 páginas
...and, absolutely , never but where they are apt , and very short. Omit every circumstance that is uot material , and beware of digressions . To have frequent...recourse to narrative, betrays great want of imagination . 46 più capí storti che diritti , molti più che meritino censura , di quelli che l' ascoltino coa... | |
 | 1824 - 348 páginas
...the midst of our narrative. 38. Some people have a trick of holding the persons they are speaking to by the button, or the hand, in order to be heard out, conscious, 1 suppose, that their tale is tiresome. Pray, never do this ; if the person you speak to... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1827 - 420 páginas
...Tell stories very seldom, and absolutely never but where they are very apt, and very short. Omit every circumstance that is not material, and beware of digressions....narrative betrays great want of imagination. Never hold any body by the button, or the hand, in order to be heard out ; for, if people are not willing to hear... | |
 | John Timbs - 1829 - 354 páginas
...he received it of another who is doing the same elsewhere. — Adventurer. DLIII. Never hold any one by the button, or the hand, in order to be heard out; for if people are unwilling to hear you, you had better hold your tongue than them. —Chesterfield. DLIV. much reading,... | |
 | Laconics - 1829 - 358 páginas
...that he received it of another who is doing the same elsewhere. — Adventurer. Never hold any one by the button, or the hand, in order to be heard out; for if people are unwilling to hear you, you had better hold your tongue than them. — Chesterfield. DLIV. much reading,... | |
 | James Campbell (teacher of English.) - 1832 - 274 páginas
...Tell stories very seldom, and absolutely never but when they are very apt and very short. Omit every circumstance that is not material, and beware of digressions....narrative betrays great want of imagination. Never hold any person by the button, or the hand, in order to be heard out; for, if people are not willing to... | |
 | 1833 - 336 páginas
...at St. Paul's at that time." 5. Some people have a trick of holding the persons they are speaking to by the button, or the hand, in order to be heard out ; conscious, probably, that their tale is tiresome. Pray, never do this : if the person you speak to... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope (4th earl of Chesterfield.) - 1836 - 96 páginas
...Tell stories very seldom, and absolutely never but where they are very apt and very short. Omit every circumstance that is not material, and beware of digressions....recourse to narrative betrays great want of imagination. SEIZING PEOPLE BY THE BUTTON. — Never hold any body by the button, or the hand, in order to be heard... | |
 | 1841 - 300 páginas
...Tell stories very seldom, and absolutely never but where they are very apt, and very short. Omit every circumstance that is not material, and beware of digressions....to narrative, betrays great want of imagination.* to see these silent gentry in their cheerful, friendly meetings : the most agreeable society, therefore,... | |
 | 1845 - 718 páginas
...stories very seldom, anil absolutely never but where they are very apt, and very short. Omit every circumstance that is not material, and beware of digressions....narrative betrays great want of imagination. ' Never hold any body by the button, or the hand, in order to be heard out; for, if people are not willing to hear... | |
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Tell stories very seldom, and absolutely never but where they are very apt, and very short. Omit every circumstance that is not material, and beware of digressions. 
