Letters of Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield Vol. 1 of 4: Including Numerous Letters Now First Published From the Original Manuscripts; Letters on Education (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Letters of Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield Vol. 1 of 4: Including Numerous Letters Now First Published From the Original Manuscripts; Letters on Education<br><br>Tohisbon July fined to my bed by illnemj have not for more than forty years ever been in bed at nine o''clock in the morning but commonly up before But he adds throw away none of your time upon those trivial futile books published by idle or necessitous authors for the amusement of idle and ignorant readers: such sort of books swarm and buzz about one every day; ?ap them away; they have no sting: csarun pete mama; have some one object for your leisure moments and pursue that object invariably till you have attained - With Ches terfield that main object was oratory So long ago as when I was at Cambridge whenever I read pisem of eloquence (and indeed they were my chief study.) whether ancient or modern I used to write down the shining pamages and then translate them as well and as elegantly as ever I could: if Latin or French into English; if English into French. This which I practised for some years not only improved and formed my style but imprinted in my mind and memory the best thoughts of the best authors. The trouble was little but the advantage I have experienced was great.1 Whether from such studies or from natural genius Chesterfield''s speeches became more highly admired and extolled than any others of the day. Horace Walpole had heard his own father; had heard Pitt; had heard Pulteney; had heard Wyndham; had heard Car teret; yet he declares in 1743 that the finest speech he ever listened to was one from Chesterfield.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases an imperfection in the original such as a blemish or missing page may be replicated in our edition. We do however repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.