Letters, Sentences, and MaximsG.P. Putnam's Sons, 1888 - 327 σελίδες |
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... NEW YORK AND LONDON G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS The knickerbocker Press 1888 B HARVARD UNIVERSITY LIBRARY Press of G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS. LETTERS, SENTENCES, AND MAXIMS By Lord Chesterfield With a critical essay by C Sainte-Beuve.
... NEW YORK AND LONDON G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS The knickerbocker Press 1888 B HARVARD UNIVERSITY LIBRARY Press of G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS. LETTERS, SENTENCES, AND MAXIMS By Lord Chesterfield With a critical essay by C Sainte-Beuve.
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... letters , sold them , enhanced in value from the earl's literary reputation , for £ 1,500 ! an immense sum in those days . From the two quartos of large margin and printing , this compact volume is condensed . All that has been left out ...
... letters , sold them , enhanced in value from the earl's literary reputation , for £ 1,500 ! an immense sum in those days . From the two quartos of large margin and printing , this compact volume is condensed . All that has been left out ...
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... letters , which , suddenly produced in the light of day , have betrayed all the secrets and ingenious artifices of paternal solicitude . If , in reading them nowadays , we are struck with the excessive importance attached to acci- denta ...
... letters , which , suddenly produced in the light of day , have betrayed all the secrets and ingenious artifices of paternal solicitude . If , in reading them nowadays , we are struck with the excessive importance attached to acci- denta ...
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... letters to his son , he has pict- ured himself the first day he made his entrée into good society , still covered with the rust of Cambridge , shamefaced , embarrassed , silent ; and , finally , forcing his courage with both hands to ...
... letters to his son , he has pict- ured himself the first day he made his entrée into good society , still covered with the rust of Cambridge , shamefaced , embarrassed , silent ; and , finally , forcing his courage with both hands to ...
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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