Principles of Politeness, and of Knowing the World
by Earl of Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield
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About this eBook
- Author
- Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of, 1694-1773
- Title
- Principles of politeness, and of knowing the world
- Credits
- Produced by Turgut Dincer, Barry Abrahamsen, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- BJ: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion: Ethics, Social usages, Etiquette, Religion
- Subject
- Courtesy -- Early works to 1800
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 60071
- Release Date
- August 7, 2019
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.PRINCIPLES Of POLITENESS, AND OF KNOWING THE WORLD.
- 2.INTRODUCTION
- 3.PRINCIPLES OF POLITENESS, &c. — MODESTY. — LYING. — GOOD-BREEDING. — GENTEEL CARRIAGE. — CLEANLINESS of PERSON. — DRESS. — ELEGANCE of EXPRESSION. — ADDRESS, PHRASEOLOGY, and SMALL-TALK. — OBSERVATION. — ABSENCE of MIND. — KNOWLEDGE of the WORLD. — CHOICE of COMPANY. — LAUGHTER. — SUNDRY LITTLE ACCOMPLISHMENTS. — EMPLOYMENT of TIME. — DIGNITY of MANNERS. — RULES for CONVERSATION.
- 4.A FATHER’S LEGACY TO HIS DAUGHTERS . — RELIGION. — CONDUCT AND BEHAVIOUR. — AMUSEMENTS. — FRIENDSHIP, LOVE, MARRIAGE.
- 5.CONTENTS .
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