Letters, Sentences and MaximsChesterfield Society, 1991 - 348 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα 32
... writes in 1754 , " remaining is to be the counsellor and minister of your rising ambition . Let me see my own youth revived in you ; let me be your mentor , and I promise you , with your parts and knowledge you shall go far ...
... writes in 1754 , " remaining is to be the counsellor and minister of your rising ambition . Let me see my own youth revived in you ; let me be your mentor , and I promise you , with your parts and knowledge you shall go far ...
Σελίδα 73
... writes with ele- gance and grace ; who makes choice of good words , and adorns and embellishes the subject upon which he either speaks or writes , will persuade better , and succeed more easily in obtaining what he wishes , than a man ...
... writes with ele- gance and grace ; who makes choice of good words , and adorns and embellishes the subject upon which he either speaks or writes , will persuade better , and succeed more easily in obtaining what he wishes , than a man ...
Σελίδα 169
Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield. Augustan age ; and therefore can write no other ; whereas the pedant has read much more bad Latin than good ; and consequently writes so too . He looks upon the best classical books as books ...
Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield. Augustan age ; and therefore can write no other ; whereas the pedant has read much more bad Latin than good ; and consequently writes so too . He looks upon the best classical books as books ...
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