Letters, Sentences, and MaximsG.P. Putnam's Sons, 1888 - 327 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα 21
... 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.
... 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.
Σελίδα 63
... engage people's pride , love , pity , ambition ( or whichever is their pre- vailing passion ) on your side , you need not fear what their reason can do against you . date . ] MY DEAR BOY : - " Sunt quibus in Satirâ videar nimis acer ...
... engage people's pride , love , pity , ambition ( or whichever is their pre- vailing passion ) on your side , you need not fear what their reason can do against you . date . ] MY DEAR BOY : - " Sunt quibus in Satirâ videar nimis acer ...
Σελίδα 89
... those , who , abso- lutely insignificant and contemptible in them- selves , think they are honored by being in your company , and who flatter every vice and every folly you have , in order to engage you to Sentences , and Maxims 89.
... those , who , abso- lutely insignificant and contemptible in them- selves , think they are honored by being in your company , and who flatter every vice and every folly you have , in order to engage you to Sentences , and Maxims 89.
Σελίδα 90
Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield. folly you have , in order to engage you to con- verse with them . The pride of being the first of the company is but too common ; but it is very silly , and very prejudicial . Nothing in the ...
Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield. folly you have , in order to engage you to con- verse with them . The pride of being the first of the company is but too common ; but it is very silly , and very prejudicial . Nothing in the ...
Σελίδα 124
... engage , they captivate , more than things of much greater importance . The duties of social life every man is obliged to discharge ; but these attentions are voluntary acts , the free - will offerings of good breeding and good nature ...
... engage , they captivate , more than things of much greater importance . The duties of social life every man is obliged to discharge ; but these attentions are voluntary acts , the free - will offerings of good breeding and good nature ...
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