Letters, Sentences, and MaximsG.P. Putnam's Sons, 1888 - 327 σελίδες |
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... King David . The Cupidon déchainé at the Hague , a beautiful young lady , a governess or dame de compagnie , set her wits against his , and suffered the usual penalty ; she fell , and this son to whom these letters are written was the ...
... King David . The Cupidon déchainé at the Hague , a beautiful young lady , a governess or dame de compagnie , set her wits against his , and suffered the usual penalty ; she fell , and this son to whom these letters are written was the ...
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... king and priest will have lost half their power . " ( 6 Our revolution has been clearly predicted by him since 1750 . He warned his son from the beginning against the idea that the French are entirely frivolous . " The cold inhabitants ...
... king and priest will have lost half their power . " ( 6 Our revolution has been clearly predicted by him since 1750 . He warned his son from the beginning against the idea that the French are entirely frivolous . " The cold inhabitants ...
Σελίδα 50
... kings in the world with as little concern and as much ease as he would speak to you . YOUTHFUL EMULATION . — This is the last let- ter I shall write to you as to a little boy ; for , to - morrow , if I am not mistaken , 50 ...
... kings in the world with as little concern and as much ease as he would speak to you . YOUTHFUL EMULATION . — This is the last let- ter I shall write to you as to a little boy ; for , to - morrow , if I am not mistaken , 50 ...
Σελίδα 114
... king , did not know whether they stood upon their heads or their heels . [ May 17 , 1748. ] VULGARITY AND GOOD BREEDING AT COURT . -If the king spoke to them , they were annihilat- ed ; they trembled , endeavored to put their hands in ...
... king , did not know whether they stood upon their heads or their heels . [ May 17 , 1748. ] VULGARITY AND GOOD BREEDING AT COURT . -If the king spoke to them , they were annihilat- ed ; they trembled , endeavored to put their hands in ...
Σελίδα 115
... kings without concern ; he trifles with women of the first condition , with familiarity , gaiety , but respect ; and converses with his equals , whether he is acquainted with them or not , upon general , common topics , that are not ...
... kings without concern ; he trifles with women of the first condition , with familiarity , gaiety , but respect ; and converses with his equals , whether he is acquainted with them or not , upon general , common topics , that are not ...
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Σελίδα 148 - Talk often, but never long ; in that case, if you do not please, at least you are sure not to tire your hearers. Pay your own reckoning, but do not treat the whole company, — this being one of the very few cases in which people do not care to be treated, every one being fully convinced that he has wherewithal to pay.
Σελίδα 107 - Wear your learning, like your watch, in a private pocket : and do not pull it out and strike it ; merely to show that you have one.
Σελίδα 264 - Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves is as true of personal habits as of money.
Σελίδα 146 - People will, in a great degree, and not without reason, form their opinion of you upon that which they have of your friends ; and there is a Spanish proverb, which says very justly, Tell me whom you live with, and I will tell you who you are.
Σελίδα 277 - I do not love thee, Dr. Fell, The reason why I cannot tell; But this I know, and know full well, I do not love thee. Dr. Fell.
Σελίδα 221 - And as laws are enacted to enforce good morals, or at least to prevent the ill effects of bad ones, so there are certain rules of civility, universally implied and received, to enforce good manners, and punish bad ones. And indeed there seems to me to be less difference, both between the crimes and punishments, than at first one would imagine.
Σελίδα 243 - Hampden, that he had a head to contrive, a tongue to persuade, and a hand to execute, any mischief.
Σελίδα 234 - Style is the dress of thoughts ; and let them be ever so just, if your style is homely, coarse, and vulgar, they will appear to as much disadvantage, and be as ill received as your person, though ever so well proportioned, would, if dressed in rags, dirt, and tatters. It is not every understanding that can judge of matter...
Σελίδα 108 - True wit, or sense, never yet made anybody laugh; they are above it: they please the mind, and give a cheerfulness to the countenance. But it is low buffoonery, or silly accidents, that always excite laughter; and that is what people of sense and breeding should show themselves above.
Σελίδα 27 - Human nature is the same all over the world ; but its operations are so varied by education and habit, that one must see it in all its dresses, in order to be intimately acquainted with it.