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U8,Additional lnformation for the Teachers Reference,Text The Ant of pleasing A Letter to His Son,Warm-up Activities,Further Reading,Writing Skills,Additional Work,Warm-up Activities,1.Both Lord Chesterfield and Samuel Johnson are remembered from their time as men of letters.Read the Letter to Lord Chesterfield by Dr.Johnson and comment on their personalities respectively.,Letter to Lord ChesterfieldFebruary 7th,1755MY LORD,I have been lately informed,by the proprietor of the World,that two papers,in which my Dictionary is recommended to the public,were written by your Lordship.To be so distinguished,Warm-up 1.1,Warm-up 1.2,is an honour,which,being very little accustomed to favours from the great,I know not well how to receive,or in what terms to acknowledge.When,upon some slight encouragement,I first visited your Lordship,I was overpowered,like the rest of mankind,by the enchantment of your address;and could not forbear to wish that I might boast myself Le vainqueur du vainqueur de la terre（the conqueror of the conquerors of the earth）;that I might obtain that regard for which I saw the world contending;but I found my attendance so little encouraged,that neither pride nor modesty would suffer me to continue it.When I had once addressed your Lordship in public,I had exhausted all the art,Warm-up 1.3,of pleasing which a retired and uncourtly scholar can possess.I had done all that I could;and no man is well pleased to have his all neglected,be it ever so little.Seven years,my Lord,have now passed,since I waited in your outward rooms,or was repulsed from your door;during which time I have been pushing on my work through difficulties,of which it is useless to complain,and have brought it,at last,to the verge of publication,without one act of assistance,one word of encouragement,or one smile of favour.Such treatment I did not expect,for I never had a Patron before.The shepherd in Virgil grew at last acquainted with Love,and found him a native of the rocks.,Warm-up 1.4,Is not a Patron,my Lord,one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water,and,when he has reached ground,encumbers him with help?The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours,had it been early,had been kind;but it has been delayed till I am indifferent,and cannot enjoy it;till I am solitary,and cannot impart it;till I am known,and do not want it.I hope it is no very cynical asperity,not to confess obligations where no benefit has been received,or to be unwilling that the Public should consider me as owing that to a Patron,which Providence has enabled me to do for myself.,Warm-up 1.5,Having carried on my work thus far with so little obligation to any favourer of learning,I shall not be disappointed though I should conclude it,if less be possible,with less;for I have been long wakened from that dream of hope,in which I once boasted myself with so much exultation,my Lord.Your Lordships most humble,Most obedient servant,Samuel Johnson,Warm-up 2.1,2.Chesterfields literary fame rests upon his Letters to His Son.The Letters are written in English,Latin and French,and contain a large amount of valuable information on history,geography and the morality of the age.Read The Art of Pleasing,and try to appreciate the style of Lord Chesterfields letter-writing.Find more materials on Lord Chesterfield,and give your understanding of his literary abilities.,2.About the Art of Pleasing Admittedly,the art of pleasing is to give others pleasure,enjoyment or satisfaction,causing agreeable emotions among the people involved.The word“pleasing”has synonyms such as“gratifying”,“delightful”and“agreeable”.Like most arts,that require long study and application,the most useful art of all,that of pleasing,requires the desire of a person.Some people think negatively of those who make a point of pleasing everybody,criticizing them for having no true heart for anyone but themselves,believing their desire to please others makes them fickle and insincere.Perhaps the essence of the art of pleasing is well illustrated by the famous English novelist Charles Reade(1814-1884),who stated that“If you wish to please people,you must begin by understanding them.”As another famous English critic and author William Hazlitt(1778-1830)puts it:“The art of pleasing consists in being pleased.To be amiable is to be satisfied with ones self and other.”The art of pleasing demands refined social skills yet increases our happiness in our social life on the other.,Warm-up 2.2,Warm-up 3.1,3.Lord Chesterfield began writing letters of advice to his illegitimate son Philip Stanhope,when the child was only five years old.When young Philip Stanhope was censured for bad writing,bad spelling and for inattention,Lord Chesterfield told him that nothing was too small for attentive consideration and that concentrated attention on one subject at a time was of paramount importance:“There is time enough for everything in the course of the day if you do one thing at once,but there is not time enough in the year if you will do two things at once.”This episode reveals another aspect of Lord Chesterfields personality.Give your views on it.,3.Quotations from Lord Chesterfield1)Dispatch is the soul of business.2)You foolish man,you dont even know your own foolish business.3)Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well.4)The dews of the evening most carefully shun those tears of the sky for the loss of the sun.5)If you are invited to drink at any mans house more than you think is wholesome,you may say you wish you could,but so little makes you both drunk and sick;that you should only be bad company by doing so.6)A gentleman is often seen,but very seldom heard to laugh.,Warm-up 3.2,7)8)9)10),Warm-up 3.3,The vulgar only laugh,but never smile;whereas well-bred people often smile,but seldom laugh.Style is the dress of thoughts.I knew once a very covetous,sordid fellow who used to say,“Take care of the pence,for the pounds will take care of themselves.”Nothing is so secure as that money will not defeat it.,Warm-up 4.1,4.What,in your view,is the best way of pleasing?In this letter,Lord Chesterfield wittily and quite amusingly gave his son a lot of advice on the art of pleasing.What do you think of that advice?What ideas do you like and dislike?Discuss and illustrate your insights on the art of pleasing in our present-day social life.,4.,On the People-Pleasing PersonalityCharacters of People-pleasing persons might include the following:,Very organized Friendly,outgoing,gregarious Helpful,supportive,Courteous and considerate of others Always smiling Interested in others welfare Cooperative;real“team player”Generous with own time and energy Ready to volunteer“Company man”;very loyal Ready to take on any new challenge that comes along Works hard at pleasing others Talented,skillful,and creative A pleasure to spend time with Happy,joyful,full of fun Encouraging and reassuring,Warm-up 4.2,Warm-up 4.3,Goes along with requests made by others People mixer Asset in any conversation“Together”,warm,and caring person Person sought out for friendship;popular socially Negative Consequences of People-Pleasing Behavior might list as follows:Low self-esteem Loss of personal identity Being taken advantage of Loss of personal time Ineffectiveness in managing work,Warm-up 4.4,Inability to direct or supervise others Inability to achieve personal goals Inability to take a leadership role Poor problem-solving abilities Burn-out on the job or at home Chronic state of being unappreciated Immobilized by irrational beliefs Guilt over not accomplishing enough or not being pleasing enough to others Inability to maintain healthy interpersonal relationships Loss of appreciation for attributes of selfInability to accept kindnesses from others,Warm-up 4.5,Chronic state of self-deprecation Lack of trust in others sincerity Chronic state of insecurity in interacting with others Does not know how to relax Additional Information for the Teachers Reference,Philip Dormer Stanhope,the 4th Earl of Chesterfield,was an English statesman,orator and man of letters.As a suave and witty statesman,he is remembered mostly for letters to his son.He was educated at Cambridge and he succeeded his father,Lord Stanhope,to the earldom upon his fathers death in 1726,becoming Earl of Chesterfield.As an accomplished orator in the House of Lords,and because of his experience of the Continent,Chesterfield was sent as ambassador to the Hague to negotiate with the Dutch with a view to their joining in the war of the Austrian Succession.His,AIFTTR1.1,Additional lnformation for the Teachers Reference,1.Lord Chesterfield(1694-1773),AIFTTR1.2,mission was successful,and he was awarded the lord-lieutenancy of Ireland.It was on his brilliant administration of Ireland that his reputation as a statesman rested.Later he held the position of Secretary of State in 1746.Lord Chesterfield was also regarded as a clever,witty essayist and epigrammatist,most famous for his Letters to His Son and Letters to His Godson.He had no children by his wife,Melusina von Schulemberg,but Mademoiselle du Bouchet bore him a son,Philip Stanhope,to whom the famous letters were written.When his illegitimate son reached the age of five,Lord Chesterfield began to write tirelessly and devotedly to him about his manners,habits and conduct,all of which gives vivid and often amusing insights into the morality of the age.However,AIFTTR1.3,Philip pre-deceased his father in 1768,dying at the age of thirty-six,a loss that was a source of an overwhelming grief to Lord Chesterfield.,AIFTTR2.1,2.Lord Chesterfields Famous Dispute with Samuel Johnson,Samuel Johnson Byname Dr.Johnson,is regarded as one of the most outstanding figures of 18th-century English poets,essayists and critics.In 1747,he addressed to Lord Chesterfield,who was then Secretary of State,his plan for a Dictionary of the English Language,which was acknowledged by a subscription of 10 pounds.Lord Chesterfield apparently took no further interest in the enterprise,and refused to support Johnson while he was at work on his dictionary.Apparently,Johnson was even kept waiting in Chesterfields anteroom when he called.Samuel Johnson returned home and worked independently for seven years with the project.When the,AIFTTR2.2,Dictionary was about to appear,Lord Chesterfield wrote two essays in The World in praise of it.In turn,Samuel Johnson responded to the Earl with his famous letter in defense of men of letters,and thus occurred the famous dispute between Lord Chesterfield and Samuel Johnson over the dedication to the English Dictionary in 1755.Later Johnson wrote：“This man I thought had been a Lord among wits;but I find,he is only a wit among Lords.”Interestingly,perhaps in reaction to his disillusionment with Lord Chesterfield,a professed patron of literature,Johnson defines a patron in his Dictionary as“one who countenances,supports or protects.Commonly a wretch who supports with insolence,and is paid with flattery.”,AIFTTR3.1,3.Sir Robert Walpole(1676-1745),Robert Walpole,also called Sir Robert Walpole,was a famous British statesman(in power 1721-1742),generally regarded as the first British Prime Minister.It is said that he deliberately cultivated a frank,hearty manner,but his political subtlety has scarcely been equaled.The influence of Walpoles long ministry on the structure of 18th-century politics was profound.Although Walpole rejected the title of prime minister,which he regarded as a term of abuse,his control of the treasury,his management of the House of Commons,and the confidence that he enjoyed of the two sovereigns whom he served demonstrates the kind,AIFTTR3.2,of leadership that was required to give stability and order to 18th-century politics.He used his power to maintain the supremacy of the Whig Party while the Tory Party faded into insignificance;to be a Whig even became a necessity for the politically ambitious.,AIFTTR4,4.Lord Chesterfields Relationship with Sir Robert Walpole,Lord Chesterfield,as an accomplished orator in the House of Lords,first became a friend of Walpole.But Walpoles Excise Bill,the great premiers favorite measure,was vehemently opposed by him in the Lords.Walpole bent before the storm and abandoned the measure;but Chesterfield was summarily dismissed from his stewardship.For the next two years,Lord Chesterfield tried to bring about Walpoles downfall and he led the opposition in the Upper House,leaving no stone unturned to affect Walpoles downfall.In 1741,Lord Chesterfield signed the protest for Walpoles dismissal and went abroad on account of his health.,Text,The Art of Pleasing A Letter to His Son,Notes,Introduction to the Author and the Article,Phrases and Expressions,Exercises,Main Idea of the Text,Main Idea of the Text 1,Main Idea of the Text,In the text,Lord Chesterfield preaches to his illegitimate son Philip on the art of pleasing,telling him how to ingratiate oneself into the affections of others.This text is taken from Lord Chesterfields most famous Letters to His Son(1747),a monograph outlining the ideal conduct of an 18th-century gentleman.As a politician and statesman,Chesterfields fame rests on his short but brilliant administration of Ireland at that time.And as an author,the letter-writing fully displays his talents as a clever essayist and epigrammatist.Like most of his letters,The Art of Pleasing is also brilliantly written,full of exquisite observation,keen wit and elegant wisdom.In the letter,Lord Chesterfield instructs his son upon a series of“dos”and,Main Idea of the Text 2,“donts”,which,he claims,have been acquired by personal experience over the 53 years of his own life.The art of pleasing,in the Lords opinion,is a gradual process of knowing and understanding more about others.In his advice to his son about proper behavior toward others,Lord Chesterfield very interestingly puts forward the idea of“doing justice to ones weakness for the sake of pleasing,”which is certainly a practice very different from our culture.He further points out that flattery in the art of pleasing is not unconditional and warns the young against the vice of overdoing flattery.Even today,over two hundred years later,it is still a very delightful and enlightening experience to read this letter,which gives insight into this social aspect life even in the modern world.,Lord Chesterfield(Philip Dormer Stanhope,Fourth Earl of Chesterfield,1694-1773)was an English statesman,diplomat,wit,and orator.He is chiefly remembered for his letters to his illegitimate son,Philip Stanhope,which give a vivid and often amusing insight into the morality of the age.He is also remembered in connection with Johnsons Dictionary.In the following letter,Lord Chesterfield writes a lecture to his son about how to ingratiate oneself into the affections of others.It is a series of“dos”and“donts”which,the Lord claims,have been acquired through personal experience over the 53 years of his own life.,Introduction to the Author and the article