Letters, Sentences and MaximsChesterfield Society, 1991 - 348 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα 80
... short , the read- ing of romances is a most frivolous occupation , and time merely thrown away . [ The little boy was then reading the historical novel of " Don Carlos , " by the Abbé de St. Real . ( Not dated . ) ] VIRTUE . - Virtue is ...
... short , the read- ing of romances is a most frivolous occupation , and time merely thrown away . [ The little boy was then reading the historical novel of " Don Carlos , " by the Abbé de St. Real . ( Not dated . ) ] VIRTUE . - Virtue is ...
Σελίδα 120
... short acquaintance . Real friendship is a slow grower , and never thrives unless ingrafted upon a stock of known and recip- rocal merit . There is another kind of nominal friendship , among young people , which is warm for the time ...
... short acquaintance . Real friendship is a slow grower , and never thrives unless ingrafted upon a stock of known and recip- rocal merit . There is another kind of nominal friendship , among young people , which is warm for the time ...
Σελίδα 337
... short of falsehood and perfidy : that middle point is the difficult one : there ability consists . He must often seem pleased , when he is vexed ; and grave , when he is pleased ; but he must never say either that would be falsehood ...
... short of falsehood and perfidy : that middle point is the difficult one : there ability consists . He must often seem pleased , when he is vexed ; and grave , when he is pleased ; but he must never say either that would be falsehood ...
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