Letters, Sentences, and MaximsG.P. Putnam's Sons, 1888 - 327 σελίδες |
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... easy subjugation of the order of thought to the will only belongs to great or very good intellects . M. Royer - Collard used to say that " what was most wanting in our day was respect in the moral disposition , and atten- tion in the ...
... easy subjugation of the order of thought to the will only belongs to great or very good intellects . M. Royer - Collard used to say that " what was most wanting in our day was respect in the moral disposition , and atten- tion in the ...
Σελίδα 21
... continuous dra- matic interest ; we follow the efforts of a fine distinguished energetic nature as Lord Chesterfield's was , engaged in a contest with a disposition honest but indolent , with an easy and dilatory By Sainte - Beuve 21.
... continuous dra- matic interest ; we follow the efforts of a fine distinguished energetic nature as Lord Chesterfield's was , engaged in a contest with a disposition honest but indolent , with an easy and dilatory By Sainte - Beuve 21.
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Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield. disposition honest but indolent , with an easy and dilatory temperament , from which it would , at any expense , form a masterpiece accom- plished , amiable and original , and with which it ...
Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield. disposition honest but indolent , with an easy and dilatory temperament , from which it would , at any expense , form a masterpiece accom- plished , amiable and original , and with which it ...
Σελίδα 40
... easily in obtaining what he wishes , than a man who does not explain himself clearly ; speaks his language ill ; or makes use of low and vul- gar expressions ; and who has neither grace nor elegance in any thing that he says . Now it is ...
... easily in obtaining what he wishes , than a man who does not explain himself clearly ; speaks his language ill ; or makes use of low and vul- gar expressions ; and who has neither grace nor elegance in any thing that he says . Now it is ...
Σελίδα 41
... easily feel that to please people is a great step towards persuading them . You must then , consequently , be sensi- ble how advantageous it is for a man , who speaks in public , whether it be in Parliament , in the pulpit , or at the ...
... easily feel that to please people is a great step towards persuading them . You must then , consequently , be sensi- ble how advantageous it is for a man , who speaks in public , whether it be in Parliament , in the pulpit , or at the ...
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