Letters, Sentences, and MaximsG.P. Putnam's Sons, 1888 - 327 σελίδες |
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... seems to have mistaken a delay in an interview , and to have abused his lordship very soundly ever afterwards , although on Chester- field's side there was not wanting a most gra- cious movement towards reconciliation where no offence ...
... seems to have mistaken a delay in an interview , and to have abused his lordship very soundly ever afterwards , although on Chester- field's side there was not wanting a most gra- cious movement towards reconciliation where no offence ...
Σελίδα 7
... the late M. Sainte - Beuve , nothing has been altered , although , in one or two places , even his critical acuteness seems to have missed its point , been no idea of forming a model for imitation ,. CRITICAL ESSAY BY C. A. SAINTE-
... the late M. Sainte - Beuve , nothing has been altered , although , in one or two places , even his critical acuteness seems to have missed its point , been no idea of forming a model for imitation ,. CRITICAL ESSAY BY C. A. SAINTE-
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... seem very strange , coming from a father to a son , the whole is animated with a true spirit of tenderness and wisdom . If Horace had had a son , I imagine he would not have written to him very differently . The letters begin with the ...
... seem very strange , coming from a father to a son , the whole is animated with a true spirit of tenderness and wisdom . If Horace had had a son , I imagine he would not have written to him very differently . The letters begin with the ...
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... seems disdainful now and then , he makes reparation elsewhere ; and , above all , whatever he thinks of them , he never allows his son to slander them too much . " You appear to think that from the days of Eve to the present time they ...
... seems disdainful now and then , he makes reparation elsewhere ; and , above all , whatever he thinks of them , he never allows his son to slander them too much . " You appear to think that from the days of Eve to the present time they ...
Σελίδα 31
... seem to justify it . But these fops , ripened by age and experience , often turn into very able men . " The ideal , according to him , would be to unite the merits of the two nations ; but in this mixture he still seems to lean towards ...
... seem to justify it . But these fops , ripened by age and experience , often turn into very able men . " The ideal , according to him , would be to unite the merits of the two nations ; but in this mixture he still seems to lean towards ...
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