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THE PRINC~PLES QF PCLITEN.ES~
THE ART OF A~Q.!-1 JRING

A KJ.~O\V~EDGE OF THE 'VOR.LD,

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Many pe<>ple at nrfi fron;
Nii.... how letters · Of . btrf~ess ·ought to be
• ve g ot a \'ery filly and d1fagrttable t
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f'or gay· and amufing letters,
(.lf laughing whenever they fpcak ; anct·
are none that equal Compte lhlffy's,
.k now me-n of very good parts, who
Madame Savigne's. · They a.re fo na.·
fay the commoncU thing w1thout laughing·
, thm: they iecm t~ ~ the ~i~_mpqre
which rnaki::s thofe who do not kno w theoi verfation of twp pet.1;,
..Jf wit7l-ather
~ale them at firft for narnral fools .
n ll'tters.
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Teatnefs' in folding n·p, feaiing, and di1ug letters, i6 b)" uo means to be neglcaL 'ETTEll WllITl-!iC .
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Thcre is fot11cthing m the e:tterior, even
IT is of the utmofi i~portance to w •
letters well ; as this i1' a ta lent which d
a lefter,. tl»at nray ~uft or 4ifp1eafe, and
occurs, as well 1n bufinefs as in plcafu : feqotntly d~rcrve$ fome ~tteution.
and inaccuracic s_in orthography, or ,in fty.
. Ntcx. NA:ME.
arc never pardoned bm in ladies, uor":
fol.rdly . r:irdona.ule in tluim. • The EpH\ , J\•:10~· tt fometlling that n. young man :it"
'f1rl\ ai>~ar.lµce in the world, lrn.t ~o~
f:.1( C1«ho·~ ~,..~ Hu~ n10G: Vt!\'{~l models. '.
g ond b1·coc.llog.
·: fo1' · 10 ·ttread, and thertfort fhoulct take.
re pains to avoid, than having any tidi_.
Letters fhoi1ld be ~l _and 1mwnl,
com·ey to the 1~rfons . to whom we f; '
fixed Otl him. Jn the op_ll'lton t'VCn of
t.!, .. .n, jwft what we fl1011Jcl;.:fay to thof~
moft ··ntion·a l men, i.t will degr~ hinl,
fons if we were refen
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ru~n ·.taim 'dthtl\he rrtl. · M:Lny a man
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models of Letter writin1
b='1 ,.fnchne by acq\liring a ridiculcu$.
Cicero, Cardinal d'Ofi&t, Madame Savi
~ ·'lh.e caufcs of nick nam~s a• ·
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Compte Huffy R~t.utin. -<fiet:·
"~--·~lf bred men, arc gctner?.Uy the little
Epitlles to Atticus, and to his · fa ..'.,
· :.in manner, elocution, air, or add.-ef.c;.
friemls, arc the bt:ft examples in the fr · · "'t.a\'e·.,tac appellation of muttcrrng, nwkand fan~iliar fly le
The fimplicit·y ·,' · :rct, ~ll bretl, ab~ent, left lc:gscd, annexed
clearn•f1t gf the Iet tcu of (;;mijRal d'
w~:s to t~ur !':t~"', W!.lt!id. illjure yoli
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·' ·tb:e.:n. be ~vcr fo JU_fi, if your ~yle is ho
c.o;u;c ~:ict. vulg~r, they w p~ appe~r tq'

mailer, but a genteel, \lgible, ana.
chuaQe1, aud to be · ab!~ to writ~
mck. As to the correemefs and elegance
· f your writing7 attention to grammar <loe31
e one, and to the be! a.utno.n the other.
. · ola.ry correfpondence !hoult!'e eafr and
atu~ .and c 'nvey to the perfons jud wha.t we would fay 1£ we were with them.

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rn~cn dti;..~v~ntage, ~nd ~ . ~ 111 re<:ei
~-. Y:OU;". ~rfon;. though .
fo well' pr~·
,~_1o!'c~. W9.~Jd, 1f dr.elTcd in r:ags~ dirt,
h.t~e.rs. It Is not ev~ry _ unclerft~~~n' :
.c m J"d~ of matter; out evtty ear can

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VuLGAa Exl'atsno.Ns.
VuLOA•llM in language i1 a certain
chara8eriftic of bad compa\ly, and a bad
~ucatio!1.
Proverbia~ e,tpreffions,
and
.trite fay1ngt, are the flowers of the rhe~oric
does judge, more .or Jcfs, of ftyle.
, · l\,tjnd your diaion ·in whatev.tr fan
o~ av.ulg!.r~m:J.n. '1(ould h.e fiy, that men
?~U eit.hel" Write Or f pe~k ; C0Dtt4a a ._
dtffer in their t~t\ea.; be ·boch funPC>tt$ Jddi
9f ccrr:ll.ncfa ~n".l eleg:ince. ~.nfider " adorns that optnlon. \,y u,e .ocsa ~tel 1"'14.Vi
ilylc c~cn in the freeit con-v.ratiou, · .fog, a.a lle rerpe&\.fa\ly ca\.ls if, • Wba.t is oh~
1noft familial' l~tters. After, ·~ea.f\ if · " man'• meat is another ma!_!'s poifon."
. »cfore. you have tai~ .a thini'~ rCtl'ea ir , 1£ any man a.ttemrts being- 1nzart~ u he
calls it, upon hin1, he gives him tit for tat:could not have fa.id 1t ~~er.
. &ye. that he does-. He has always fom.e
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•.favourite word for tht time lieing; which,
.. Every man who has the ufe ~ his tyes,; :'for 'the fake of ufing ·often, he comrn~nly
"'s right hal'ld, can write whatever h~ · :a.bufes ; fuch as 'Oastly angi-y, t0~tly k1n:i.
p~e~fes. Nothing is fo ungentlemari 1i~9'/ . .,~1tly h~o~e, and rotnt~'I. ugly. Ev~11.
Alfcho.ol bo(s fcn.~1. l do n_ot de~~ . ·,his pronanc1at1on of prepcr wo!l1s.' _ca.rnes.
to wnte ~ il.1[ formal .haoo, lakt: that· . the mar~ of tho . be~ alone 1'1ta 1t. He
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Exteriour Serioufoeli

Economy .

N~ver mterrupt any Speaker
Adopt ratl1er than give tl~e Subjea
Conceal your Lt!arning A
Contradict with Politen~
Avoifil.....Ar~ument, if poffible

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Good breeding
Art

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Choice of «mufemcnts
Carving ·
C~it-Chat ·
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Obferve local Propri1:ty
-Jokes, Bon-mots, &c.
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AW>id Egotifm
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Never feem dark ..and m7fieriou5 ·
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L~ People m the 'Face" when fi>eaking- ·
· ' .. ~nking of He~hhs
Never retail pr.1vate Scandal
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Seizing f'eople by the Button
Long Talkers and Whifperers

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Laugh of the Company
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