Letters, Sentences, and MaximsG.P. Putnam's Sons, 1888 - 327 σελίδες |
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... tion we owe one of the finest and manliest letters ever written ; but we cannot overlook the blunder . After this , too , came the condem- nation of the celebrated letters - a savage epi- gram , only partially true , and redeemed by the ...
... tion we owe one of the finest and manliest letters ever written ; but we cannot overlook the blunder . After this , too , came the condem- nation of the celebrated letters - a savage epi- gram , only partially true , and redeemed by the ...
Σελίδα 12
... tion the orators to whom he replied . Chester- field was afraid of ridicule ; it was one of his weaknesses , and he kept silence more than he otherwise would have done for fear of giving occasion for the exercise of his colleague and ...
... tion the orators to whom he replied . Chester- field was afraid of ridicule ; it was one of his weaknesses , and he kept silence more than he otherwise would have done for fear of giving occasion for the exercise of his colleague and ...
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... tion ; but that , though he is reading my work for the third time , he will only be in a better position to point out to me what wants correct- ing and rectifying in it ; nothing could be more instructive to me than his observations and ...
... tion ; but that , though he is reading my work for the third time , he will only be in a better position to point out to me what wants correct- ing and rectifying in it ; nothing could be more instructive to me than his observations and ...
Σελίδα 20
... tion in the intellectual . " Lord Chesterfield , in a less grave manner , might have said the same thing . He was not long in finding out what was wanting in this child whom he wished to bring up ; whose bringing up was , indeed , the ...
... tion in the intellectual . " Lord Chesterfield , in a less grave manner , might have said the same thing . He was not long in finding out what was wanting in this child whom he wished to bring up ; whose bringing up was , indeed , the ...
Σελίδα 21
... tion by letters offers a sort of continuous dra- matic interest ; we follow the efforts of a fine distinguished energetic nature as Lord Chesterfield's was , engaged in a contest with a disposition honest but indolent , with an easy and ...
... tion by letters offers a sort of continuous dra- matic interest ; we follow the efforts of a fine distinguished energetic nature as Lord Chesterfield's was , engaged in a contest with a disposition honest but indolent , with an easy and ...
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