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Show SECRCT OP GOOD MANNERS. . Chiefly i Combination of Good 8nis snd Coed Nature. i A friend of yours and mine bss j very Jually defined good breeding to ' be "the result of much gnod sense, good nature and a little self denial for tbe sake of otbei. and with n view to obtain the nnw Indulgence from I them' Taking tut for granted a I I'thlnk It cannot be disputed -It I astonishing to me thaj. anybody who haa good seme and good nature can essentlstly fall In goal breeding As to tli mode of II, Indeed, they vnry I according to persons, places and clr- ' cumslances and are only nt-unlied by obsenatlon and experience, but thn aubstnnce of It I everywhere and eternally the sain flood manner are to part lar societies what good morals are to society lr general j their cement and security And as laws are enacted lo enforce good morale or at least to prevent Ihe III effects of bad ones, so there are certain cer-tain rules of civility, universally Implied Im-plied and received to enforce good manners and punish bad onm Chesterfield |