Letters, Sentences, and MaximsG.P. Putnam's Sons, 1888 - 327 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα 28
... pleasing to really beautiful or decidedly ugly women , is that which is addressed to the intellect . " On the subject of women , again , if he seems disdainful now and then , he makes reparation elsewhere ; and , above all , whatever he ...
... pleasing to really beautiful or decidedly ugly women , is that which is addressed to the intellect . " On the subject of women , again , if he seems disdainful now and then , he makes reparation elsewhere ; and , above all , whatever he ...
Σελίδα 49
... pleasing . GOOD BREEDING AND GOOD SENSE . - Good sense must , in many cases , determine good breeding ; because the same thing that would be civil at one time , and to one person , may be quite otherwise at another time , and to another ...
... pleasing . GOOD BREEDING AND GOOD SENSE . - Good sense must , in many cases , determine good breeding ; because the same thing that would be civil at one time , and to one person , may be quite otherwise at another time , and to another ...
Σελίδα 52
... pleasing in private life , especially the wo- men ; which ( sic ) , one time or other , you will think worth pleasing : and I have known many a man , from his awkwardness , give people such a dislike of him at first , that all his merit ...
... pleasing in private life , especially the wo- men ; which ( sic ) , one time or other , you will think worth pleasing : and I have known many a man , from his awkwardness , give people such a dislike of him at first , that all his merit ...
Σελίδα 67
... good - natured but somewhat silly book in which M. L'Abbé instructs certain young ladies and gentlemen by means of sundry conversations and reflections . impossible to reduce the art of pleasing to a system Sentences , and Maxims 67.
... good - natured but somewhat silly book in which M. L'Abbé instructs certain young ladies and gentlemen by means of sundry conversations and reflections . impossible to reduce the art of pleasing to a system Sentences , and Maxims 67.
Σελίδα 68
Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield. impossible to reduce the art of pleasing to a system , yet this principle I will lay down , that the desire of pleasing is at least half the art of doing it ; the rest depends only upon the ...
Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield. impossible to reduce the art of pleasing to a system , yet this principle I will lay down , that the desire of pleasing is at least half the art of doing it ; the rest depends only upon the ...
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