Letters, Sentences, and MaximsG.P. Putnam's Sons, 1888 - 327 σελίδες |
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... figures of a man and a woman : beneath one was written , " Adam de Stanhope " ; and beneath the other " Eve de Stanhope . " Thus , while upholding the honor of race , he put his veto upon chimerical vanities arising from it . His father ...
... figures of a man and a woman : beneath one was written , " Adam de Stanhope " ; and beneath the other " Eve de Stanhope . " Thus , while upholding the honor of race , he put his veto upon chimerical vanities arising from it . His father ...
Σελίδα 40
... êtes le premier garçon à qui , avant l'âge de huit ans , on ait jamais parlé des figures de la rhétorique , comme j'ai fait dans ma dernière , ” observe how people of fashion speak , and those who 40 Chesterfield's Letters ,
... êtes le premier garçon à qui , avant l'âge de huit ans , on ait jamais parlé des figures de la rhétorique , comme j'ai fait dans ma dernière , ” observe how people of fashion speak , and those who 40 Chesterfield's Letters ,
Σελίδα 41
... figures of rhetoric ; and he should enliven it , if he can , by quick and sprightly turns of wit .- [ November , 1739. ] THE FOLLY OF IGNORANCE . - An ignorant man is insignificant and contemptible ; nobody cares for his company , and ...
... figures of rhetoric ; and he should enliven it , if he can , by quick and sprightly turns of wit .- [ November , 1739. ] THE FOLLY OF IGNORANCE . - An ignorant man is insignificant and contemptible ; nobody cares for his company , and ...
Σελίδα 66
... figure is like other people's , I hope you will take care that your dress is so too . Why then should you be ashamed ? Why not go into mixed company with as little concern as you would into your own room ? [ Bath , Sept. ] * Mr ...
... figure is like other people's , I hope you will take care that your dress is so too . Why then should you be ashamed ? Why not go into mixed company with as little concern as you would into your own room ? [ Bath , Sept. ] * Mr ...
Σελίδα 82
... figure in that company ; or if , in studying a problem in his closet , he were to think of a minuet , I am apt to believe that he would make a very poor mathematician . There is time enough for every thing in the course of the day , if ...
... figure in that company ; or if , in studying a problem in his closet , he were to think of a minuet , I am apt to believe that he would make a very poor mathematician . There is time enough for every thing in the course of the day , if ...
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