Letters, Sentences and MaximsChesterfield Society, 1991 - 348 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα 44
... French to his old tutor , M. Jouneau , a French clergyman and refugee . Lord Chesterfield had , when a child , learnt our tongue from a Norman nurse who attended him . When he visited Paris the last time , in 1744 , M. de Fon- tenelle ...
... French to his old tutor , M. Jouneau , a French clergyman and refugee . Lord Chesterfield had , when a child , learnt our tongue from a Norman nurse who attended him . When he visited Paris the last time , in 1744 , M. de Fon- tenelle ...
Σελίδα 50
... French for revolu- tions , and their impatience at slow reforms , spoke this sentence , which is a résumé of our whole his- tory : " You French know how to make barricades , but you never raise barriers . " Lord Chesterfield certainly ...
... French for revolu- tions , and their impatience at slow reforms , spoke this sentence , which is a résumé of our whole his- tory : " You French know how to make barricades , but you never raise barriers . " Lord Chesterfield certainly ...
Σελίδα 317
... French do . Tragedy must be something bigger than life , or it would not affect us . In nature the most violent passions are silent ; in tragedy they must speak , and speak with dignity , too . Hence the necessity of their being written ...
... French do . Tragedy must be something bigger than life , or it would not affect us . In nature the most violent passions are silent ; in tragedy they must speak , and speak with dignity , too . Hence the necessity of their being written ...
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