Letters, Sentences and MaximsChesterfield Society, 1991 - 348 σελίδες |
Αναζήτηση στο βιβλίο
Αποτελέσματα 1 - 3 από τα 37.
Σελίδα 109
... PLEASURE . - Do not think that I mean to snarl at pleasure like a stoic , or to preach against it like a parson ; no , I mean to point it out , and recommend it like an epicurean ; I wish you a great deal , and my only view is to hinder ...
... PLEASURE . - Do not think that I mean to snarl at pleasure like a stoic , or to preach against it like a parson ; no , I mean to point it out , and recommend it like an epicurean ; I wish you a great deal , and my only view is to hinder ...
Σελίδα 111
... PLEASURE . - Were I to begin the world again , with the experience which I now have of it , I would lead a life of real , not of imag- inary pleasure . I would enjoy the pleasures of the table and of wine ; but stop short of the pains ...
... PLEASURE . - Were I to begin the world again , with the experience which I now have of it , I would lead a life of real , not of imag- inary pleasure . I would enjoy the pleasures of the table and of wine ; but stop short of the pains ...
Σελίδα 112
... pleasures ; which they seem to confine to the senses . The pleasure of virtue , of charity , and of learning is true and lasting pleasure ; which I hope you will be well and long acquainted with . Adieu ! [ March , 1747. ] A FINE ...
... pleasures ; which they seem to confine to the senses . The pleasure of virtue , of charity , and of learning is true and lasting pleasure ; which I hope you will be well and long acquainted with . Adieu ! [ March , 1747. ] A FINE ...
Άλλες εκδόσεις - Προβολή όλων
Συχνά εμφανιζόμενοι όροι και φράσεις
Adieu ambition attention awkward bad company breeding Cæsar certainly character Cicero common complaisance consequently contempt conversation Corinthian order court dance degree Demosthenes deserve desire dress easy endeavor engage Englishman everything fashion father favor folly fool French frivolous genteel gentleman give good-breeding graces greatest Greek Harte heart hope House of Savoy inattention Julius Cæsar justly king knowledge laugh learning least letters live Lord Bolingbroke Lord Chesterfield Lord Mahon low company man's mankind manners mean ment merit mind minister Montesquieu moral nature necessary never object observe pany passion pleasing pleasure political proper Quintilian reason remember never respect ridicule sense shine silly Sir James Gray speak Stanhope sure taste tell things thought tion trifling true truth Viceroy of Ireland virtue Voltaire vulgar weak wish women words writes wrote young