Letters, Sentences, and MaximsG.P. Putnam's Sons, 1888 - 327 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα 44
... 1740. ] AMBITION . - Everybody has ambition of some kind or other , and is vexed when that ambition is disappointed ; the difference is , that the am- bition of silly people is a silly and mistaken ambition 44 Chesterfield's Letters ,
... 1740. ] AMBITION . - Everybody has ambition of some kind or other , and is vexed when that ambition is disappointed ; the difference is , that the am- bition of silly people is a silly and mistaken ambition 44 Chesterfield's Letters ,
Σελίδα 45
Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield. bition of silly people is a silly and mistaken ambition ; and the ambition of people of sense is a right and commendable one . For instance , the ambition of a silly boy , of your age , would ...
Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield. bition of silly people is a silly and mistaken ambition ; and the ambition of people of sense is a right and commendable one . For instance , the ambition of a silly boy , of your age , would ...
Σελίδα 46
... silly love adventures , that they confuse and corrupt the mind , instead of forming and instructing it . The greatest heroes of antiquity are there represented in woods and forests , whining insipid love tales to * In the beginning of ...
... silly love adventures , that they confuse and corrupt the mind , instead of forming and instructing it . The greatest heroes of antiquity are there represented in woods and forests , whining insipid love tales to * In the beginning of ...
Σελίδα 61
... date . ] DANCING TRIFLING . - Dancing is in itself a very trifling , silly thing ; but it is one of those established follies to which people of sense are sometimes obliged to conform ; and then they should be Sentences , and Marims 61.
... date . ] DANCING TRIFLING . - Dancing is in itself a very trifling , silly thing ; but it is one of those established follies to which people of sense are sometimes obliged to conform ; and then they should be Sentences , and Marims 61.
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.
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