Letters, Sentences and MaximsChesterfield Society, 1991 - 348 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα 10
... former master to the throne ; and Lord Chesterfield died , leaving his son his title . The latter event raised him to the House of Lords - the Hospital for Incurables , as Lord Chesterfield calls it . The former should have raised him ...
... former master to the throne ; and Lord Chesterfield died , leaving his son his title . The latter event raised him to the House of Lords - the Hospital for Incurables , as Lord Chesterfield calls it . The former should have raised him ...
Σελίδα 274
... former , and avarice with the latter . Richelieu ( by the way ) is so strong a proof of the inconsistency of human nature , that I cannot help observing to you that , while he absolutely governed both his king and his country , and was ...
... former , and avarice with the latter . Richelieu ( by the way ) is so strong a proof of the inconsistency of human nature , that I cannot help observing to you that , while he absolutely governed both his king and his country , and was ...
Σελίδα 277
... former would not have attempted ( at least with success ) , and the latter could have protected , the liberties of Rome . Mr. Addison , in his Cato , says of Cæsar ( and I believe with truth ) : " Curse on his virtues , they've undone ...
... former would not have attempted ( at least with success ) , and the latter could have protected , the liberties of Rome . Mr. Addison , in his Cato , says of Cæsar ( and I believe with truth ) : " Curse on his virtues , they've undone ...
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