Letters, Sentences and MaximsChesterfield Society, 1991 - 348 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα 259
... whole build- ing be Tuscan , it will attract no eyes , it will stop no passengers , it will invite no interior examination ; people will take it for granted that the finishing and furnishing cannot be worth seeing , where the front is ...
... whole build- ing be Tuscan , it will attract no eyes , it will stop no passengers , it will invite no interior examination ; people will take it for granted that the finishing and furnishing cannot be worth seeing , where the front is ...
Σελίδα 262
... whole cabinet coun- cil , and very possibly afterward , laid before parlia- ment ; any one barbarism , solecism , or vulgarism in it would , in a very few days , circulate through the whole kingdom , to your disgrace and ridicule . For ...
... whole cabinet coun- cil , and very possibly afterward , laid before parlia- ment ; any one barbarism , solecism , or vulgarism in it would , in a very few days , circulate through the whole kingdom , to your disgrace and ridicule . For ...
Σελίδα 305
... whole together ; and upon the whole you are not agreeable . " How often have I , in the course of my life , found myself in this situation , with regard to many of my acquaintance , whom I have honored and respected , without being able ...
... whole together ; and upon the whole you are not agreeable . " How often have I , in the course of my life , found myself in this situation , with regard to many of my acquaintance , whom I have honored and respected , without being able ...
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