Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1849-06-21
THU RSDAY MORNING, JUNE al, 1910.


Good breeding carries along with ii dignity that
Is respected BY he most petnlenL nlIbresdine IN
yies and authorizes The familiarity OF the mos sid
NO man ever said pert thing to the Duke of Mari
borough No man ever said civil one Though
many : Gathering one.) 10 Sir Robert Walpole =
Good manners are The seltlea medium or social. q
specie Is Of commercial life; Returns are equally
expectation both; and people will no more vance
their Chilly e bear Than their money q bank
rUpt The scholar without good breeding is ~
dant; TIE philosopher cynic; TIE soldier brute,
and every man disagreea6l -CHesTrRPreLp
Amaf endowed With greaf perfections without
good-breedng, is like one who has his pockets fun
Of gold but always wants change for his ordinary
occasions Wisdom, Tslor, justice, and learning
cannot keep man III eounlenance that is possessed
These exceencies il he wants that iafeisor arr o
life and behavior, good-breeding. The portable
quality Of good-humon seasons al the pars and oe
carrences We meet with, 10 such manner that there
are no moments lost; bat they all pass with so much
satisfaction that the heaxiesl Of loads fwien il Is
load thai o. time, Is never felt 81 us.--SrEELE.
hope that my readers will feel impeIlea 10 culti
cultivate more assiduousy than they have ever done
this most useful companion of the journey Of life
u shall have been Ihs means ofexcting one good
resolution faithfully carried out NOT only will the
immediate subject q The change be benefited, but
all win whom he may have intercourse. win have
feason 70 value Tng IErTER, Box
moderate knowledge in the ltttIe rules Of good
breeding, gives man some assurance and makes
hth easy IN all com anles. For WantQf Mis- have
seen professor of liberal science az loss to SALUTE
lady, and most excellent mathematician. not able
todetermine whether he should stand or sit while
my lord drank TO him. unGErr
An intrepid courage Is at best, but holiday kind
Of virtue, TO be seldom exercised and meyer but ID
cases Of necessity; affability mildness tenderness
ani word which would fain bring back to lis
original Specification Of virtue. mean gooa-nature
are OF daily use they are the bread OF mankind and
the stat Of liie-DRYDFsN.
II A man thus disposed, perhaps may NOT have
much learning or any wit but Sf he has common
sense and something friendly IN his beha vpr il con-
ciates mems minds more than The brightest parts
without the disposition; and when a man of such 4
turn comes 10 old age he is amo sare to be treated
with respect-SPectat
There is no society or conversation 10 be kept up
in the world without good nature, or something
which must bear its appearance and supply lis
place: For this reason mankind have been forced TO
invent kind Of artificial humanity, which is what
we express by the word good breeding .-ApDtsoN
Man social animal, j. formed 10 please in socf-
ETY.; and person that woald break ihrong4he rules
cf decay as 10 shock those he conversed with,
would lose the public esteem and become incapable
Of doing any good osTEsouIEu.E
The character Of decent, well behaved, gentle
man-like-man, seems more attainable by person.
Of no great parts passions than by one Of greater
genius, and more volatility. -SHENsroEE
Any one may do acasual act Of good-na,urc, but
continuation Of them shows Il is q part Of their
temperature-Sw1FT.
IT'S not wit merely, but ternper-which must
form the well-bred man-SHAFrEsBrRY,