Letters, Sentences and MaximsChesterfield Society, 1850 - 348 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα 8
... believe , too , that I read Lucian and Xenophon in Greek , which is made easy to me ; for I do not take the pains to learn the grammatical rules ; but the gentleman who is with me , and who is a living grammar , teaches me them all as I ...
... believe , too , that I read Lucian and Xenophon in Greek , which is made easy to me ; for I do not take the pains to learn the grammatical rules ; but the gentleman who is with me , and who is a living grammar , teaches me them all as I ...
Σελίδα 57
... believe he has the stuff in him , my idea is to unite in him what has never been found in one person before - I mean the best qualities of the two nations . " And he enters into the details of his plan , and the 159. I was not ...
... believe he has the stuff in him , my idea is to unite in him what has never been found in one person before - I mean the best qualities of the two nations . " And he enters into the details of his plan , and the 159. I was not ...
Σελίδα 252
... believe , to the extravagant notions of charms and philters . Their efforts were so surprising , that they were reckoned supernatural . The most graceful and best- bred men , and the handsomest and genteelest women , give the most ...
... believe , to the extravagant notions of charms and philters . Their efforts were so surprising , that they were reckoned supernatural . The most graceful and best- bred men , and the handsomest and genteelest women , give the most ...
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