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Σελίδα 1
After this , too , came the condemnation of the celebrated letters — a savage epi .
gram , only partially true , and redeemed by the opinion which faces our title . If
Mr . Dickens painted as it has been said he did — Sir John Chester from Lord ...
After this , too , came the condemnation of the celebrated letters — a savage epi .
gram , only partially true , and redeemed by the opinion which faces our title . If
Mr . Dickens painted as it has been said he did — Sir John Chester from Lord ...
Σελίδα 7
But looking into it carefully as a whole , if the book has been written by a sensible
man with a true knowledge of mankind , we shall find profit in studying these
models which have been placed before preceding generations . The letters that ...
But looking into it carefully as a whole , if the book has been written by a sensible
man with a true knowledge of mankind , we shall find profit in studying these
models which have been placed before preceding generations . The letters that ...
Σελίδα 18
... even if he be fully persuaded of its error , on account of the trouble and
disorder it might cause ; but I am sure that it is in no wise allowable to attack the
foundations of true morality , and to break necessary bonds which are already too
weak ...
... even if he be fully persuaded of its error , on account of the trouble and
disorder it might cause ; but I am sure that it is in no wise allowable to attack the
foundations of true morality , and to break necessary bonds which are already too
weak ...
Σελίδα 19
Although more than one passage in these letters may seem very strange ,
coming from a father to a son , the whole is animated with a true spirit of
tenderness and wisdom . If Horace had had a son , I imagine he would not have
written to him ...
Although more than one passage in these letters may seem very strange ,
coming from a father to a son , the whole is animated with a true spirit of
tenderness and wisdom . If Horace had had a son , I imagine he would not have
written to him ...
Σελίδα 22
What sustains and almost touches the reader in this strife , where so much art is
used , and where the inevitable counsel is the same beneath all metamorphoses
, is the true fatherly affection which animates and inspires the delicate and ...
What sustains and almost touches the reader in this strife , where so much art is
used , and where the inevitable counsel is the same beneath all metamorphoses
, is the true fatherly affection which animates and inspires the delicate and ...
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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.