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" It is your first crisis ; the character which you acquire there will, more or less, be that which will abide by you for the rest of your life. You will be tried and judged there, not as a boy, but as a man ; and from that moment there is -no appeal for... "
Letters written by the ... earl of Chesterfield to his son, publ. by E. Stanhope - Page 325
by Philip Dormer Stanhope (4th earl of Chesterfield.) - 1800
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Life of Johnson: Including Boswell's Journal of a Tour to the ..., Volume 1

James Boswell - 1799 - 648 pages
...viii. 316. Lord Chesterfield in writing to his son about his first appearance in the world said, ' You will be tried and judged there, not as a boy,...from that moment there is no appeal for character.' Lord Chesterfield's Letters, iii. 324. Addison in The Guardian, No. 98, had said that ' men of the...
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Boswell's Life of Johnson: Including Boswell's Journal of a Tour ..., Volume 1

James Boswell - Hebrides (Scotland) - 1799 - 640 pages
...viii. 316. Lord Chesterfield in writing to his son about his first appearance in the world said, ' You will be tried and judged there, not as a boy,...from that moment there is no appeal for character.' Lord Chesterfield's Letters, iii. 324. Addison in The Guardian, No. 98, had said that ' men of the...
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Elements of a Polite Education: Carefully Selected from the Letters of the ...

Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - Books and reading - 1801 - 474 pages
...acquire there will, more or lefs, be tha •which will abide by you for the reft of your life. Yoi will be tried and judged there, not as a boy, but as man ; and from that moment there is no appeal fo character : it is fixed. To form that character ad...
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Letters Written by the Late Right Honourable Philip Dormer ..., Volume 3

Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - Conduct of life - 1804 - 404 pages
...hopes, fears, and doubts, tumultuoufly agitate, pleafe, and terrify her. It is your firft crifis : the character which you acquire there will, more or...you for the reft of your life. You will be tried and judged'there, not as a boy, but as a man : and from that momem there is no appeal for character ; it...
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Letters written by the...earl of Chesterfield to his son; with ..., Volume 3

Philip Dormer Stanhope (4th earl of Chesterfield.) - 1813 - 402 pages
...eharaeter whieh you aequire there will, more or less, be that whieh will abide by you for the rest of your life. You will be tried and judged there,...man : and from that moment there is no appeal for eharaeter ; it is fixed. To form that eharaeter advantageously, you have three objeets partieularly...
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Letters Written by the Earl of Chesterfield to His Son, Volume 3

Lord Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - Conduct of life - 1827 - 408 pages
...character which you acquire there will, more or less, be that which will abide by you for the rest of your life. You will be tried and judged there,...for character : it is fixed. To form that character advantageously, you have three objects particularly to attend to : your character as a man of morality,...
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Letters on education, and characters

Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - Conduct of life - 1847 - 574 pages
...character which you acquire there will, more or less, be that which will abide by you for the rest of your life. You will be tried and judged there,...for character : it is fixed. To form that character advantageously, you have three objects .particularly to attend to — your character, as a man of morality,...
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Works, Including His Letters to His Son, &c: To which is Prefixed an ...

Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1853 - 764 pages
...character which you acquire there will, more or less, be that which will abide by you for the rest of your life. You will be tried and judged there,...for character ; it is fixed. To form that character advantageously, yon have three objects particularly to attend to: your character as a man of morality,...
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Letters Written by Lord Chesterfield to His Son, Volume 2

Philip Dormer Stanhope (4th earl of Chesterfield.), Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield, Charles Stokes Carey - Conduct of life - 1872 - 444 pages
...character which you acquire there will, more or less, be that which will abide by you for the rest of your life. You will be tried and judged there,...for character : it is fixed. To form that character advantageously, you have three objects particularly to attend to : your character as a man of morality,...
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Letters Written by the Earl of Chesterfield to His Son

Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - Conduct of life - 1876 - 636 pages
...will, oiore or less, 39 ',hat ~vhich will abide by you for the rest of your life. Yon will be Tied and judged there, not as a boy, but as a man ; and...for character; it is fixed. To form that character advantageously, you have three objects particularly to attend tt, : your character as a man of morality,...
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