White lies, polite lies [ Reading & Writing / Communication ]
… 3rd ed. (Dublin, 1774), p. 23. ‘The human heart is prone to insincerity’, Hester Chapone ominously declared in the Letters on the Improvement of the Mind , and recommended ‘strict honesty towards ourselves’ (65-66) to avoid all vanity … for them to speak their minds or even laugh at people’s follies – once the company had left (169). 9 . Hester Chapone, Letters on the Improvement of the Mind, Addressed to a Young Lady, 8th ed. (London, 1778). 10 . For negative politeness … only to add a cautionary protestation of sincerity to her correspondent (her sister) : 15 . The Early Journals and Letters of Fanny Burney, eds. Lars Troide and Stewart Cooke (Montreal: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 1988-2012) vol. …
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