Letters, Sentences, and MaximsG.P. Putnam's Sons, 1888 - 327 σελίδες |
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... worth pre- serving , it has been picked out . Let us not forget that the Earl of Chesterfield - who writes much as did Mr. Thackeray in his letter to Brown the Younger - tells his son that he al- 66 ways frequented the company of his ...
... worth pre- serving , it has been picked out . Let us not forget that the Earl of Chesterfield - who writes much as did Mr. Thackeray in his letter to Brown the Younger - tells his son that he al- 66 ways frequented the company of his ...
Σελίδα 20
... worth the trouble of doing at all deserves to be done well , and nothing can be well done without at- tention . " This precept he incessantly repeats , and varies the application of it as his pupil grows , and is in a condition to ...
... worth the trouble of doing at all deserves to be done well , and nothing can be well done without at- tention . " This precept he incessantly repeats , and varies the application of it as his pupil grows , and is in a condition to ...
Σελίδα 22
... worth while , almost , to have totally failed , and to have only succeeded in making an original in the inverse sense , rather than with so much care and expense to have produced nothing more than an ordinary and insignificant man of 22 ...
... worth while , almost , to have totally failed , and to have only succeeded in making an original in the inverse sense , rather than with so much care and expense to have produced nothing more than an ordinary and insignificant man of 22 ...
Σελίδα 34
... worth a pair of ears . It will be perhaps my place to decide which is the most sorrowful , to be deaf or blind , or have no digestion . I can judge of all these three condi- tions with a knowledge of the cause ; but it is a long time ...
... worth a pair of ears . It will be perhaps my place to decide which is the most sorrowful , to be deaf or blind , or have no digestion . I can judge of all these three condi- tions with a knowledge of the cause ; but it is a long time ...
Σελίδα 52
... 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 could not get the better of it afterwards . Whereas a genteel manner prepossesses people in your favor ...
... 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 could not get the better of it afterwards . Whereas a genteel manner prepossesses people in your favor ...
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