Letters, Sentences and MaximsChesterfield Society, 1991 - 348 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα 35
... turn to his judgment of the ancients we are considerably startled . He seems to have preferred Voltaire's Henriade to any epic . " Judge whether , " he writes , " I can read all Homer through tout de suite . I admire his beauties ; but ...
... turn to his judgment of the ancients we are considerably startled . He seems to have preferred Voltaire's Henriade to any epic . " Judge whether , " he writes , " I can read all Homer through tout de suite . I admire his beauties ; but ...
Σελίδα 148
... turn , as Secretary of State at home . Most of our ministers abroad have taken up that department occasionally , without having ever thought of foreign affairs before - many of them , without speaking any one foreign language ; and all ...
... turn , as Secretary of State at home . Most of our ministers abroad have taken up that department occasionally , without having ever thought of foreign affairs before - many of them , without speaking any one foreign language ; and all ...
Σελίδα 304
... turn out very able men . The number of great generals and statesmen , as well as excellent authors , that France has pro- duced , is an undeniable proof , that it is not that frivolous , unthinking , empty nation that the north- ern ...
... turn out very able men . The number of great generals and statesmen , as well as excellent authors , that France has pro- duced , is an undeniable proof , that it is not that frivolous , unthinking , empty nation that the north- ern ...
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