 | Historical mirror - 1776 - 308 sidor
...called aitfence, which is a thoughtleffnefs, and want of attention to what is doing, makes a man fo like either a fool or a madman, that, for my part, I fee no real difference. A fool never had thought ; a madman has loft it ; and an abfent man is, for... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1801 - 474 sidor
...called abfence, which is a thoughtleflhefs, and want of attention about what is doing, makes a man fo like either a fool or a madman, that, for my part, I fee no real difference. A fool never has thought ; a madman has loft it ; and an abfent man is, for... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope (4th earl of Chesterfield.) - 1813 - 430 sidor
...life, and is to be aequired with eare ; and, on the eontrary, what is ealled absenee, •whieh is a thoughtlessness, and want of attention about what...makes a man so like either a fool or a madman, that, (fir my part, I see no real differenee. A fool never has thought, a madman has lost it ; and an absent... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1815 - 360 sidor
...life , and is to be acquired with care ; and , on the contrary , what is called absence , which is a thoughtlessness and want of attention about what is doing , makes a man so hke either a fool or madman, that > for my part , I see no real difference . A fool never has thought... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1827 - 420 sidor
...in life, and is to be acquired with care ; and, on the contrary, what is called absence, which is a thoughtlessness, and want of attention about what...; and an absent man is, for the time, without it. Adieu! Direct your next to me, chez Monsieur Chabert, Banquier, d Paris; and take care that I find... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1831 - 290 sidor
...in life, and is to he acquired with care ; and, 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 madman, that, for my part, I see no real difference. A fool never has thought; a madman has lost it;... | |
 | James Campbell (teacher of English.) - 1832 - 274 sidor
...every thing, but a quickness of attention, so as to observe, at once, all the people 246 ATTENTION. in the room, their motions, their looks and their...it; and an absent man is, for the time, without it. In short, a knowledge of the world is never to be acquired without great attention ; and I know many... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope (4th earl of Chesterfield.) - 1836 - 96 sidor
...in life, and is to be acquired with care ; and, on the contrary, what is called absence, which is a thoughtlessness and want of attention about what is...; and an absent man is, for the time, without it. In short, the most material knowledge of all, I mean the knowledge of the world, is never to be acquired... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1847 - 492 sidor
...in life, and is to be acquired with care ; and, on the contrary, what is called absence, which is a thoughtlessness, and want of attention about what...difference. A fool never has thought ; a madman has lost it ; aud an absent man is, for the time, without it. Adieu! Direct your next to me, chez Monsieur Chabert,... | |
 | 1851 - 642 sidor
...his own claims, since he demands what he would think unfit to be granted to another. A FOOL never bas thought; a madman has lost it ; and an absent man is, for the time, without it OF all others, a studious life is the least .iresome ; it makes us easy to ourselves and to others,... | |
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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 words, and yet without staring at them, and seeming to be an observer. This quick... 
