Letters, Sentences and MaximsChesterfield Society, 1850 - 348 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα 160
... author ; but weigh and consider , in your own mind , the probability of the facts , and the justness of the reflections . Con- sult different authors upon the same facts , and form your opinion upon the greater or lesser degree of ...
... author ; but weigh and consider , in your own mind , the probability of the facts , and the justness of the reflections . Con- sult different authors upon the same facts , and form your opinion upon the greater or lesser degree of ...
Σελίδα 169
... authors , treasures up the obsolete words which he meets with there , and uses them upon all occasions , to show his reading at the expense of his judgment . Plautus is his favorite author , not for the sake of the wit and the vis ...
... authors , treasures up the obsolete words which he meets with there , and uses them upon all occasions , to show his reading at the expense of his judgment . Plautus is his favorite author , not for the sake of the wit and the vis ...
Σελίδα 294
... authors ; they have not given in to that false taste ; they allow no thoughts to be good , that are not just , and founded upon truth . The age of Louis XIV . was very like the Augustan ; Boileau , Molière , La Fontaine , Racine , etc ...
... authors ; they have not given in to that false taste ; they allow no thoughts to be good , that are not just , and founded upon truth . The age of Louis XIV . was very like the Augustan ; Boileau , Molière , La Fontaine , Racine , etc ...
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