Letters, Sentences and MaximsChesterfield Society, 1850 - 348 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα 44
... Italy , and France . He wrote from Paris to M. Jouneau on the 7th of December , 1714 , as follows : " I shall not tell you what I think of the French , because I am being often taken for a Frenchman , and more than one of them has paid ...
... Italy , and France . He wrote from Paris to M. Jouneau on the 7th of December , 1714 , as follows : " I shall not tell you what I think of the French , because I am being often taken for a Frenchman , and more than one of them has paid ...
Σελίδα 220
... is by no means the case of music , though called a lib- eral art , and now in Italy placed even above the other two - a proof of the decline of that country . A taste of sculpture and painting is , in my 220 CHESTERFIELD'S LETTERS .
... is by no means the case of music , though called a lib- eral art , and now in Italy placed even above the other two - a proof of the decline of that country . A taste of sculpture and painting is , in my 220 CHESTERFIELD'S LETTERS .
Σελίδα 246
... Italy ; whenever they can agree upon the division of the bear's skin . [ Oct. 9 , 1749. ] THE JESUITS . - They have , by turns , been ban- ished , and with infamy , almost every country in Europe ; and have always found means to be ...
... Italy ; whenever they can agree upon the division of the bear's skin . [ Oct. 9 , 1749. ] THE JESUITS . - They have , by turns , been ban- ished , and with infamy , almost every country in Europe ; and have always found means to be ...
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