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" Attention will do all this ; and without attention nothing is to be done ; want of attention, which is really want of thought, is either folly or madness. You should not only have attention to everything, but a quickness of attention, so as to observe,... "
The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness: Being a ... - Page 307
by Cecil B. Hartley - 1875 - 332 pages
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The Book of Manners: A Guide to Social Intercourse

Etiquette - 1856 - 220 pages
...or madness. You should not only have attention to everything, but a quickness of attention, so as to observe at once all the people in the room, their...advantage in life, and is to be acquired with care. In short, the knowledge of the world is never to be acquired without great attention, and I know many...
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Letters Written by the Earl of Chesterfield to His Son

Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - Conduct of life - 1857 - 642 pages
...or madness. You should not only have attention to everything, but a quickness of attention, so as to observe, at once, all the people in the room, their...what is called absence, which is thoughtlessness, and Avant of attention about what is doing, makes a man so like either a fool or a madman, that, for my...
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The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 108

American essays - 1911 - 994 pages
...personal cleanliness and fastidiousness which had attracted Andriana were, strange to say, almost his only the people in the room, their motions, their looks,...without staring at them and seeming to be an observer.' Only Lee would have completed Chesterfield's idea of courtesy by that other element, love, which Chesterfield...
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The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness: Being a Complete ...

Cecil B. Hartley - Etiquette for men - 1860 - 344 pages
...or madness. You should not only have attention to everything, but a quickness of attention, so as to observe, at once, all the people in the room, their...staring at them, and seeming to be an observer. This qui<;k and unobserved observation is of infinite advantage in life, and is to be acquired with care;...
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Lord Chesterfield's Advice to His Son, on Men and Manners: To which are ...

Philip Dormer Stanhope (4th earl of Chesterfield.), Charles Caleb Colton - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1861 - 268 pages
...quickness of attention, so as to observe, at once, all the people in the room, — their motions, then- looks, and their words ; and yet without staring at...on the contrary, what is called absence, which is a thoughtlessness and want of attention about what is doing, makes a man so like either a fool or a...
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Letters, sentences, and maxims by lord Chesterfield [selected from Letters ...

Philip Dormer Stanhope (4th earl of Chesterfield.), Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - Conduct of life - 1870 - 290 pages
...or madness. You should not only have attention to everything, but a quickness of attention, so as to observe, at once, all the people in the room ; their...on the contrary, what is called absence, which is a thoughtlessness and want of attention about what is doing, makes a man so like either a fool or a...
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Good Manners: A Manual of Etiquette in Good Society

Etiquette - 1870 - 268 pages
...or madness. You should not only have attention to everything, but a quickness of attention, so as to observe, at once, all the people in the room; their...on the contrary, what is called absence, which is a thoughtlessness and want of attention about what is doing, makes a man so like either a fool or a...
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Letters written by lord Chesterfield to his son, ed. with notes ..., Volume 1

Philip Dormer Stanhope (4th earl of Chesterfield.) - 1872 - 474 pages
...madness. You should not only have attention to everything, but a, quickness of attention, so as to observe, at once, all the people in the room, their...on the contrary, what is called absence, which is a thoughtlessness, and want of attention about what is doing, makes a man so like either a fool or...
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The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness: Being a Complete ...

Cecil B. Hartley - Etiquette - 1873 - 340 pages
...madness. ' You should not only have attention to everything, but a quickness of attention, so as to observe, at once, all the people in the room, their...thoughtlessness, and want of attention about what ia doing, makes a man so like either a fool or a madman, that, for my part, I see no real difference....
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The Dublin University Magazine, Volume 86

1875 - 852 pages
...company. " You should not only have attention to everything, but a quickness of attention, so as to observe at once all the people in the room, their motions, their looks, and their word?, and yet without staring at them or seeming to be an observer. " To be inattentive is to be for...
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