Letters, Sentences and MaximsChesterfield Society, 1991 - 348 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα 80
... kind of abbreviation of a romance ; for a romance generally consists of twelve volumes , all filled with insipid love nonsense , and most incredible adventures . The sub- ject of a romance is sometimes a story entirely fic- titious ...
... kind of abbreviation of a romance ; for a romance generally consists of twelve volumes , all filled with insipid love nonsense , and most incredible adventures . The sub- ject of a romance is sometimes a story entirely fic- titious ...
Σελίδα 337
... kind of political badinage , which prevents or removes a thousand dif- ficulties to which a foreign minister is exposed in mixed conversations . If ever the volto sciolto and the pensieri stretti are necessary , they are so in these ...
... kind of political badinage , which prevents or removes a thousand dif- ficulties to which a foreign minister is exposed in mixed conversations . If ever the volto sciolto and the pensieri stretti are necessary , they are so in these ...
Σελίδα 340
... kind of fire , that purifies all bad qualities , and illuminates every good one . There are others , in which the being out of favor is unbecoming a man of character . 7. Sufferings , in people of the first rank , supply the want of ...
... kind of fire , that purifies all bad qualities , and illuminates every good one . There are others , in which the being out of favor is unbecoming a man of character . 7. Sufferings , in people of the first rank , supply the want of ...
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