The Principles of Courtesy: With Hints and Observations of Manners and HabitsHarper & Brothers, 1852 - 300 עמודים The Principles of Courtesy: With Hints and Observations on Manners and Habits by George Winfred Hervey, first published in 1852, is a rare manuscript, the original residing in one of the great libraries of the world. This book is a reproduction of that original, which has been scanned and cleaned by state-of-the-art publishing tools for better readability and enhanced appreciation. Restoration Editors' mission is to bring long out of print manuscripts back to life. Some smudges, annotations or unclear text may still exist, due to permanent damage to the original work. We believe the literary significance of the text justifies offering this reproduction, allowing a new generation to appreciate it. |
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... , if there be any praise , think on these things . " In these matters , one's own experience is less valua- ble to him than is commonly supposed . He seldom learns a 3 26 lesson of experience till it is too late to INTRODUCTION . xix.
... praise of all . Pride , inflated with a self - flattery equal to its contempt of others , provokes us to overlook any excellence it may rightfully claim , and to search after its defects ; humility , on the contrary , is annihilated by ...
... praise what is foreign and artificial , and should adopt , as far as a strict adherence to the rules of courtesy will allow , the plain and artless usages of rural life . He ought never to attempt to make it appear that he is refined ...
... as , " Holiness becometh thy house , O Lord , forever . " " Praise becometh the upright . " St. Paul directs the Roman believers to observe the rites of corum : hospitality according to the dictates of Christian de- CHAPTER IX PROPRIETY.
... praising their own zeal . If their vain glorious deeds fail of being seen - and men nat- urally close their eyes at what is forced upon their sight they resolve that their boasting words shall not fail of being heard . They never want ...
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