Letters, Sentences, and MaximsG.P. Putnam's Sons, 1888 - 327 σελίδες |
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... speak of religion , " writes his father , " I am not in a position to do so ; the excellent Mr. Harte will do that . " We don't defend Chesterfield's faults , but we must speak for his virtues . Not one father in ten thousand in those ...
... speak of religion , " writes his father , " I am not in a position to do so ; the excellent Mr. Harte will do that . " We don't defend Chesterfield's faults , but we must speak for his virtues . Not one father in ten thousand in those ...
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... speak much more highly than Boswell does of him . But the chief defence of both father and son lies in the following pages . Higher morality is to be had , but is not read ; this honest wordling will speak to the hearts of those who are ...
... speak much more highly than Boswell does of him . But the chief defence of both father and son lies in the following pages . Higher morality is to be had , but is not read ; this honest wordling will speak to the hearts of those who are ...
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... speak . Montesquieu , after the publication of " L'Esprit des Lois , " wrote to the Abbé de Guasco , who was then in ... speaking to Montesquieu one day of the readiness of the French for revolutions , and their impatience at slow ...
... speak . Montesquieu , after the publication of " L'Esprit des Lois , " wrote to the Abbé de Guasco , who was then in ... speaking to Montesquieu one day of the readiness of the French for revolutions , and their impatience at slow ...
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... speaking thus , was not mis- taken as to the great inconsistency of Voltaire . His inconsistency , in a few words , was this : Voltaire , who looked upon men as fools or chil- dren , and who could never laugh at them enough , at the ...
... speaking thus , was not mis- taken as to the great inconsistency of Voltaire . His inconsistency , in a few words , was this : Voltaire , who looked upon men as fools or chil- dren , and who could never laugh at them enough , at the ...
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... speak of Madame St. Germain . " But this strong and easy subjugation of the order of thought to the will only belongs to great or very good intellects . M. Royer - Collard used to say that " what was most wanting in our day was respect ...
... speak of Madame St. Germain . " But this strong and easy subjugation of the order of thought to the will only belongs to great or very good intellects . M. Royer - Collard used to say that " what was most wanting in our day was respect ...
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