Letters, Sentences, and MaximsG.P. Putnam's Sons, 1888 - 327 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα 4
... character has been unjustly represented as being diametrically opposite to what Lord Chesterfield wished him to be . He has been called dull , gross , and awkward ; but I knew him at Dresden when he was envoy to that court , and though ...
... character has been unjustly represented as being diametrically opposite to what Lord Chesterfield wished him to be . He has been called dull , gross , and awkward ; but I knew him at Dresden when he was envoy to that court , and though ...
Σελίδα 21
... character to its very depths , " he said to him , " I have not , thank God , discovered any vice of heart or weakness of head so far ; but I have discovered idleness , inattention , and indiffer- ence , defects which are only pardonable ...
... character to its very depths , " he said to him , " I have not , thank God , discovered any vice of heart or weakness of head so far ; but I have discovered idleness , inattention , and indiffer- ence , defects which are only pardonable ...
Σελίδα 31
... character- istic which belongs exclusively to his race - there is imagination even in his wit . Hamilton him- self has this distinctive characteristic , and in- troduces it into French wit . Bacon , the great moralist , is almost a poet ...
... character- istic which belongs exclusively to his race - there is imagination even in his wit . Hamilton him- self has this distinctive characteristic , and in- troduces it into French wit . Bacon , the great moralist , is almost a poet ...
Σελίδα 45
... character . This holds true in men as well as in boys : the ambition of a silly fellow will be to have a fine equipage , a fine house , and fine clothes ; things which anybody , that has as much money , may have as well as he ; for they ...
... character . This holds true in men as well as in boys : the ambition of a silly fellow will be to have a fine equipage , a fine house , and fine clothes ; things which anybody , that has as much money , may have as well as he ; for they ...
Σελίδα 50
... character of an En- glish booby ; who is frightened out of his wits when people of fashion speak to him ; and when he is to answer them , blushes , stammers , can hardly get out what he would say , and becomes really ridiculous , from a ...
... character of an En- glish booby ; who is frightened out of his wits when people of fashion speak to him ; and when he is to answer them , blushes , stammers , can hardly get out what he would say , and becomes really ridiculous , from a ...
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