Letters, Sentences, and MaximsG.P. Putnam's Sons, 1888 - 327 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα 59
... contempt : whereas those who endeavor to excel all , are at least sure of excelling a great many . [ June , 1742. ] GOOD BREEDING . - Though I need not tell one of your age , * experience , and knowledge of the world , how necessary ...
... contempt : whereas those who endeavor to excel all , are at least sure of excelling a great many . [ June , 1742. ] GOOD BREEDING . - Though I need not tell one of your age , * experience , and knowledge of the world , how necessary ...
Σελίδα 61
... contempt . Good night to you . [ Same date . ] DANCING TRIFLING . - Dancing is in itself a very trifling , silly thing ; but it is one of those established follies to which people of sense are sometimes obliged to conform ; and then ...
... contempt . Good night to you . [ Same date . ] DANCING TRIFLING . - Dancing is in itself a very trifling , silly thing ; but it is one of those established follies to which people of sense are sometimes obliged to conform ; and then ...
Σελίδα 69
... contempt of those very women ; or , lastly , I must have hanged myself , as a man once did , for weariness of putting on and pulling off his shoes and stockings every day . My books , and only my books , are now left me , and I daily ...
... contempt of those very women ; or , lastly , I must have hanged myself , as a man once did , for weariness of putting on and pulling off his shoes and stockings every day . My books , and only my books , are now left me , and I daily ...
Σελίδα 74
... contempt ; and an injury is much sooner for- gotten than an insult . [ Same date . ] FLATTERY . - Most people ( I might say all people ) have their weaknesses ; they have their aversions and their likings to such and such things ; so ...
... contempt ; and an injury is much sooner for- gotten than an insult . [ Same date . ] FLATTERY . - Most people ( I might say all people ) have their weaknesses ; they have their aversions and their likings to such and such things ; so ...
Σελίδα 81
... contempt . I hope that when this edition of my works shall be opened and read , the best judges will find connection , con- sistency , solidity , and spirit in it . Mr. Harte may recensere and emendare as much as he pleases ; but it ...
... contempt . I hope that when this edition of my works shall be opened and read , the best judges will find connection , con- sistency , solidity , and spirit in it . Mr. Harte may recensere and emendare as much as he pleases ; but it ...
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Adieu adorn ambition attention awkward bad company best companies breeding Cæsar certainly character Cicero common commonly complaisance consequently contempt conversation Corinthian order court dance degree Demosthenes deserve desire dress easy Englishman fashion favor folly fool French frivolous G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS genteel give good-breeding graces Harte heart hope House of Savoy imagine inattention Julius Cæsar justly king knowledge laugh laziness learning least letters Lord Bolingbroke Lord Chesterfield Lord Shaftesbury mankind manners mean merit mind Montesquieu morality nature necessary never object observe pany passion person pleasing pleasures politeness proper reason remember never respect ridicule sense shine silly Sir James Gray speak Stanhope sure taste tell thing thought tion trifling true truth vanity vice Viceroy of Ireland virtue Voltaire vulgar weak wish women words young