Letters, Sentences, and MaximsG.P. Putnam's Sons, 1888 - 327 σελίδες |
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... objects of his emulation , and He con- followed some ridiculous chimera . fesses that at one period of inexperience he gave himself up to wine , and other excesses , for which he was not at all inclined by nature , but it flattered his ...
... objects of his emulation , and He con- followed some ridiculous chimera . fesses that at one period of inexperience he gave himself up to wine , and other excesses , for which he was not at all inclined by nature , but it flattered his ...
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... object of his secret ideal and his real ambition we know now . Before his marriage he had , about the year 1732 , by a French lady ( Madame de Bouchet ) whom he met in Holland , a natural son to whom he was tenderly attached . He wrote ...
... object of his secret ideal and his real ambition we know now . Before his marriage he had , about the year 1732 , by a French lady ( Madame de Bouchet ) whom he met in Holland , a natural son to whom he was tenderly attached . He wrote ...
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... He especially recommends to him attention in all that he does , and he gives the word its full value . " It is attention alone , " he says , " which fixes objects in the memory . There is no surer By Sainte - Beuve 19.
... He especially recommends to him attention in all that he does , and he gives the word its full value . " It is attention alone , " he says , " which fixes objects in the memory . There is no surer By Sainte - Beuve 19.
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Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield. fixes objects in the memory . There is no surer mark of a mean and meagre intellect in the world than inattention . All that is worth the trouble of doing at all deserves to be done well , and ...
Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield. fixes objects in the memory . There is no surer mark of a mean and meagre intellect in the world than inattention . All that is worth the trouble of doing at all deserves to be done well , and ...
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... object of so much culture and zeal , was in any way unworthy of his father . It has been pretended that there could be no one duller or more sullen than he was , and Johnson is quoted in support of the statement . There are carica ...
... object of so much culture and zeal , was in any way unworthy of his father . It has been pretended that there could be no one duller or more sullen than he was , and Johnson is quoted in support of the statement . There are carica ...
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