Letters, Sentences and MaximsChesterfield Society, 1991 - 348 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα 53
... attention in all that he does , and he gives the word its full value . " It is attention alone , " he says , " which fixes objects in the memory . There is no surer mark of a mean and meagre intellect in the world than inattention . All ...
... attention in all that he does , and he gives the word its full value . " It is attention alone , " he says , " which fixes objects in the memory . There is no surer mark of a mean and meagre intellect in the world than inattention . All ...
Σελίδα 88
... Attention will do all this ; and without attention nothing is to be done ; want of attention , which is really want of thought , is either folly or madness . You should not only have attention to everything , but a quickness of ...
... Attention will do all this ; and without attention nothing is to be done ; want of attention , which is really want of thought , is either folly or madness . You should not only have attention to everything , but a quickness of ...
Σελίδα 310
... attention , whatever you feel inwardly ; their sex is by long prescription entitled to it ; and it is among the duties of bienséance ; at the same time that respect is very properly , and very agree- ably , mixed with a degree of ...
... attention , whatever you feel inwardly ; their sex is by long prescription entitled to it ; and it is among the duties of bienséance ; at the same time that respect is very properly , and very agree- ably , mixed with a degree of ...
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