Chesterfield Letter 139 (1765) [ Concepts ]
… Evil Mannerisms : Affectations and Insinuations No. 11. My Dear Little Boy, I know that you are generous and benevolent in your nature, but … good nature and humanity which you really feell. I have known many young men, who desired to be reckoned men of Spirit, affect a hardness and an unfeelingness, which in reality they never had. Their conversation is in the decisive and …
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