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За последние 60 дней ни разу не выходила


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English Reading - Чтение на английском Philip CHESTERFIELD


Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield, 4th Earl of (1694 -1773)

Born in London, UK. He studied at Cambridge, became a Member of Parliament in 1715, an Ambassador in 1726. Later he occupied various state positions, the latter was the post of state secretary in the period of 1746-1748. Letters to his Son were written in 1774.

I received, yesterday, your letter of the 16th.

The characteristic of a well-bred man is, to converse with his inferiors without insolence, and with his superiors with respect and ease…You must absolutely speak all the modern languages, as purely and correctly as the natives of the respective countries: for whoever does not speak a language perfectly and easily, will never appear to advantage in conversation, nor treat with others in it upon equal terms. As for French, you have it well already; and must necessarily, from the universal usage of that language, know it better and better every day: so that I am in no pain about that…Italian and Spanish will come in their turns, and, indeed, they are both so easy, to one who knows Latin and French, that neither of them will cost you much time or trouble...

This and the two next years make so important a period in your life, that I cannot help repeating to you my exhortations, my commands, and…my earliest entreaties, to employ them well.

These two years must lay the foundations of all the knowledge that you will ever have; you may build upon them afterwards as much as you please, but it will be too late to lay any new ones.

Let me beg you…to grudge no labour, nor pains to acquire, in time, that stock of knowledge, without which you never can rise, but must make a very insignificant figure in the world…

I shall very probably be out of the world before you can properly be said to be in it. What then will you have to rely on but your own merit?

The time you will probably pass at Venice will allow you to make yourself master of that intricate and singular form of government, which few of our travelers know anything of. Read, ask, and see everything that is relative to it. There are, likewise, many valuable remains of the remotest antiquity, and many fine pieces of the Antico Moderno; all which deserve a different sort of attention from that which your countrymen commonly give them. They go to see them as they go to see the Lions and Kings on horseback at the Tower here, only to say that they have seen them…

If you can only say buon giorno, say it, instead of saying bon jour, I mean, to every Italian; the answer to it will teach you more words, and you will be very soon master of that easy language. You are quite right in not neglecting your German for it, and in thinking that it will be of more use to you.

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