Emily: A Moral Tale Including Letters From a Father to His Daughter Upon the Important Subjects, Vol. 2 of 2 (Classic Reprint) - Tapa blanda

Kett, Henry

 
9781330850596: Emily: A Moral Tale Including Letters From a Father to His Daughter Upon the Important Subjects, Vol. 2 of 2 (Classic Reprint)

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You will; fometimes meet with thota who have a peculiarly artful manner of relating a ftory, with a View of faving themfelves from being thought cenforious. They preface their narratives with aflhring you,' they only te late what they have heard; but they will not venture to pledge themfelves for the truth of what they are going to tay. Then they proceed by their tone of voice, innuendoes, and laughing, to thow you, as plainly as pottible, their opinion of the cafe, and what impreflion they are anxious to make upon your mind: There is too a mode of contra diéting a frory, which may ferve to confirm it - a mode well known, and fucceflsfully praétifed by many a Mrs. Candor you may chance to meet with. She afi'erts, indeed, the does not credit a word of the affair; but the may fpeak in tuch an ironical manner, as to conxince the~whole company the withes every t'yllable of it to be believed.

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Excerpt from Emily: A Moral Tale Including Letters From a Father to His Daughter Upon the Important Subjects, Vol. 2 of 2

I do not think however that this inclination either in men or women arises more from spleen or ill nature, than a want of some other subject of conversation, or from a supposition that it is agreeable to those with whom they are converting: for we frequently find persons taking a great pleasure in reporting tales concerning those who have done nothing to offend them, and are so far removed from them by rank in life or distance of place, that they are very unlikely to be the objects of their envy.

Some persons may flatter themselves they can build their own fame upon the ruin of that of others; and may think their own good qualities will shine with superior lustre, if those of their friends are thrown into the shade. This kind of artifice does not always gain its end.

About the Publisher

Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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