 ... they love mightily to be dabbling in business (which by the way, they always spoil) ; and being justly distrustful, that men in general look upon them in a trifling light, they almost adore that man, who talks more seriously to them, and who seems...  The Letters of the Earl of Chesterfield to His Son - Page 262by Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield, Philip Stanhope - 1901 - 502 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Several Hands - 1774 - 642 pages
...feeins to confute and ti mi them : 1 fay, who feems ; for weak men really do, but wife ones only ieem to do it. No flattery is either too high or too. low for them. They will greedily fw.illow the higheft, and gratefully accept of the lowcll ; and you may fJely flatter any woman, from... | |
 | François duc de La Rochefoucauld - Maxims - 1791 - 172 pages
...ugly " thinks herfelf handfome The fufpicion of age no " woman, let her be ever fo aid, ever forgives. No " flattery is either too high or too low for them. "They will greedily fwallow the higheft, and " £ratefull/ CCCCXCVII. ' Moft women yield more through weakTfefs than pafiion;... | |
 | Gebhard Friedrich August Wendeborn - Great Britain - 1791 - 484 pages
...** conduct, that in their moft reafonable mo" ments they might have been capable of form" ing, — No flattery is either too high or too low " for them. They will greedily fwallow the " higheft and gratefully accept of the lowefl, " and you may fafely flatter any woman from... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope - Philosophy, English - 1810 - 468 pages
...who seems to cousult and trust them : I say, who seems ; for weak men really do, hnt wise ones ouly seem to do it. No flattery is either too high or too...down to the exquisite taste of her fan. Women who arc either indispntahly heantiful, or indispntahly uijly, are hest tlattered upon the score of their... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope (4th earl of Chesterfield.) - 1813 - 430 pages
...is either too high oFloo low fortlremT They will greedily swallow the highest, and gratefully aeeept of the lowest ; and you may safely^ flatter any woman, from her understanding down to the exquisite ISste lit her fan. Women who are either indisputably beautiful, orindibiaitably ugly, are best flattered... | |
 | Woman - 1835 - 758 pages
...of your own. YOUNG. NOTES.— CHAPTER XIII. dl No flattery is either too high or too low for women. They will greedily swallow the highest, and gratefully...understanding, down to the exquisite taste of her fan. He who flatters them most, pleases them best. No assiduity can be too great ; no simulation of passion... | |
 | Fashion - 740 pages
...almo«t adore that man who talks more seriously to them, and who seems to consult and trust them. I say, who seems ; for weak men really do, but wise ones only seem to do it. No flattery a either too high or too low for them. They mil greedily swallow the highest, and gratefully accept... | |
 | Criticism - 1843 - 644 pages
...humors and flatters them, but he neither consults them about, nor trusts them with serious matters. No flattery is either too high or too low for them...greedily swallow the highest, and gratefully accept the lowest." Elsewhere he advises how to flatter them skillfully. To prepare his son for success at... | |
 | Literature - 1865 - 740 pages
...them. I say, who seems ; for weak men really do, bat wise ones only seem to do it. No flattery i« either too high or too low for them. They will greedily...the highest, and gratefully accept of the lowest. But these are secrets which you must keep inviolably, if you would not, like Orpheus, be torn in pieces... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1853 - 764 pages
...almost adore that man, who talks more seriously to them, and who seems to consult and trust them ; I say, who seems : for weak men really do, but wise ones only seem to do it. No flattery is cither too high or too low for them. They will greedily swallow the highcat, and gratefully accept... | |
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