Letters, Sentences and MaximsChesterfield Society, 1991 - 348 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα 32
... believe that this was only one more daring reason for the experiment which he chose to make . He was playing for high stakes , and he was not careless of the issue . " My only ambition , " he writes in 1754 , " remaining is to be the ...
... believe that this was only one more daring reason for the experiment which he chose to make . He was playing for high stakes , and he was not careless of the issue . " My only ambition , " he writes in 1754 , " remaining is to be the ...
Σελίδα 160
... believe what Valleius Paterculus ( for the sake of saying a pretty thing ) says of Scipio , " Qui nihil non laudandum aut fecit , aut dixit , aut sensit 160 CHESTERFIELD'S LETTERS . creases desires; which is the case of very few ...
... believe what Valleius Paterculus ( for the sake of saying a pretty thing ) says of Scipio , " Qui nihil non laudandum aut fecit , aut dixit , aut sensit 160 CHESTERFIELD'S LETTERS . creases desires; which is the case of very few ...
Σελίδα 252
... believe , to the extravagant notions of charms and philters . Their efforts were so surprising , that they were reckoned supernatural . The most graceful and best- bred men , and the handsomest and genteelest women , give the most ...
... believe , to the extravagant notions of charms and philters . Their efforts were so surprising , that they were reckoned supernatural . The most graceful and best- bred men , and the handsomest and genteelest women , give the most ...
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