Letters written by Lord Chesterfield to his son

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by  Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of, 1694-1773

THE SCOTT LIBRARY.
CHESTERFIELD'S LETTERS.
OCT - 5 <
FOR FULL LIST OF THE VOLUMES IN THIS SERIES,
SEE CATALOGUE AT END OF BOOK.
LETTERS WRITTEN BY LORD
CHESTERFIELD TO HIS SON.
SELECTED BY CHARLES SAYLE.
THE WALTER SCOTT PUBLISHING CO., LTD.
LONDON AND FELLING-ON-TYNE.
NEW YORK: j EAST i4TH STREET.

..LORD.CHEST,ERFIEL.D. ,
......
Born ....... 1694
Goesto Cambridge 1712
Goesabroad ...... 1714
GentlemanoftheBed-chambertothe PrinceofWales . 1715
M.P. forS. Germains .... 1715
VotesfortheSchism Bill .. .. .. .. .. 1718
CaptainoftheYeomanofthe Guards 1723
Refusesthe Red Ribbon .... 1725
Becomes Earl ofChesterfield . . . . .1726
SentasAmbassadorto Holland 1728
High StewardofHis Majesty's Household . . . 1730
PhilipStanhopeborn . .1731
Married . ...... 1733
Dismissed . . - 1733
Goesabroadforayear 1741
Ambassadorto Holland .. .... 1745
Lord LieutenantofIreland . 1745
Retires . ...... 1748
Reformsthe Calendar . . , . . '.1751
Becomesdeaf 1752
PhilipStanhope, M.P. forLiskeard 1754
PhilipStanhopeatRatisbon , 1763
PhilipStanhopeenvoyatDresden . 1764
Philip Stanhopedies . ' t> 1768
Dies '
1773
Hewhointendst' advisetheyoungandgay,
Mustquitthecommonroad theformerway
Whichhumdrumpedantstaketomakefolkswise,
Bypraisingvirtue, anddecryingvice.
LetParsonstellwhatdreadfulillswillfall
Onsuchaslistenwhentheirpassionscall:
We,fromsuchthingsourpupilstoaffright,
8aynotthey'resins, butthatthey'reunpolite."
[Lieut.-Col. JAMEP FOBHESTER.]