White lies, polite lies [ Reading & Writing / Communication ]
… 5 A liar was a disreputable character: ‘It is most certain, that the reputation of chastity is not so necessary for a woman, as that of veracity is for a man’ (79). Chesterfield’s liars included even those who told lies to entertain their … S he then goes on to excoriate poor Lady Miller for trying to be fashionable: ‘ all her success is to seem an ordinary Woman in very common Life with fine Cloathes on’ ( Ibid. ) . Few people could have guessed from her demeanour in public …
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