Letters, Sentences and MaximsChesterfield Society, 1991 - 348 σελίδες |
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Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield. PREFATORY NOTE . BY CHARLES SAYLE . It is a singular fate that has overtaken Lord Chesterfield . One of the more important figures in the political world of his time ; one of the few Lord ...
Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield. PREFATORY NOTE . BY CHARLES SAYLE . It is a singular fate that has overtaken Lord Chesterfield . One of the more important figures in the political world of his time ; one of the few Lord ...
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Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield. a ballad on Sir William Morgan , who had received the same offer . The ballad came to the ears of the King ; and for this , or for other reasons , Stanhope the courtier lost his place . At ...
Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield. a ballad on Sir William Morgan , who had received the same offer . The ballad came to the ears of the King ; and for this , or for other reasons , Stanhope the courtier lost his place . At ...
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... Lord of Stehler , Bezendorff , Angern , " etc. But we may well remember Lord Chesterfield's own words here : " It is a happy phrase that a lady has presented her husband with a son , for this does not admit anything of its parentage ...
... Lord of Stehler , Bezendorff , Angern , " etc. But we may well remember Lord Chesterfield's own words here : " It is a happy phrase that a lady has presented her husband with a son , for this does not admit anything of its parentage ...
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