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Letters, Sentences, and Maxims by Lord Chesterfield
Letters Sentences and Maxims by Lord Chesterfield Author:Philip Dormer Stanhope 4th Earl of Chesterfield Edition De Luxe, Limited to One Thousand Copies Printed for The Chesterfield Society — Not originally intended for publication, the celebrated and controversial correspondences between Lord Chesterfield and his son Philip, dating from 1737, were praised in their day as a complete manual of education, and despised by Samuel Johnson for teaching "t... more »he morals of a whore and the manners of a dancing-master." Reflecting the political craft of a leading statesman and the urbane wit of a man who associated with Pope, Addison, and Swift, Lord Chesterfield's Letters reveal the author's political cynicism, his views on good breeding, and instruction to his son in etiquette and the worldly arts. These entertaining letters illuminate the fascinating aspects of eighteenth-century life and manners.« less