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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1904. Excerpt: ... INDEX Absence of mind, 135. Absent man, the, 32. Accomplishments, the lesser, 191, Adaptation to environment, 252, Affectation, 301-309. Aim at perfection, 240. Ambition, 317. Ancestry, pride of, 314. Anger, 288. Apropos, the, 307. Art of pleasing, the, 53. of Public Speaking, the, 282. of story-telling, the, 306. Attention, systematic, 305. to learning, 281. Atterbury, Bishop, epigram by, 283. Attic salt, 39. Avarice, 317. Avoir du monde, 248. Awkwardness, 8, 135, 142, 262. Bad and good everywhere, 25. Bashfulness, 299. Bear, the two-legged, 276. Beau monde, the, 52. Behaviour at courts, 160. Being at ease, 79. Bienseances, les, 223. Birth, pride of, 314, 335, 347. Bolingbroke, Lord, 163. Breeding, good, 5, 18, 146, 154, 155-Brute, the, 53. Business and pleasure, 65. Cassar, a story of, 313. Calendar, change of the, 220. Care of the person, 43. Carriage, a genteel, 199. Casuistry, refinements of, 92. Change of the calendar, 220. Character, 205. Cheerfulness, 288. Choice of friends, 49. language, 164. Civility, 7, 49. Cleanliness, 199. Clearness in letter-writing, 234. Clubs, 345. Company, conduct in good, 99., good, 49. Comparisons, 95. Complete gentleman, the, 269. Composition, 11. Conduct in good company, 99. Contempt, 32. Contradiction, deprecated, 283. Control of temper, 257. Conversation, 309., polite, 337. Courage, 207. Court, behaviour at, 346., ways of the, 260. Courts, behaviour in, 160. Coxcomb, the, 298. Curing early defects, 228. Cynic, the, 53. Dancing, 19. Dangers of life, 338. Debt, avoid, 348. Debut, Lord Chesterfield's, 192. Decorum, 309. Deed, strong in (fortiter in re), 214. Defects, early, how to cure, 228. Demosthenes' cure for stuttering, IS. 21-Descent, pride of, 314. Desire to excel, 16. Despatch, the soul of business, 202. Dictio...
