Letters, Sentences and MaximsChesterfield Society, 1850 - 348 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα 116
... certainly an agreeable forerunner of merit and smooths the way for it . [ July 30 , 1747. ] TRUTH . - Every man seeks for truth ; but God only knows who has found it . It is , therefore , as unjust to persecute as it is absurd to ...
... certainly an agreeable forerunner of merit and smooths the way for it . [ July 30 , 1747. ] TRUTH . - Every man seeks for truth ; but God only knows who has found it . It is , therefore , as unjust to persecute as it is absurd to ...
Σελίδα 142
... certainly wishes his wife at the devil , and the wife certainly cuckolds her husband . Whereas I presume that men and their wives neither love nor hate each other the more upon account of the form of matrimony which has been said over ...
... certainly wishes his wife at the devil , and the wife certainly cuckolds her husband . Whereas I presume that men and their wives neither love nor hate each other the more upon account of the form of matrimony which has been said over ...
Σελίδα 234
... certainly will be ; and so good - night too . You will observe , that I have not put into your mouth those good arguments , which upon such an occasion would , I am sure , occur to you ; as piety and affection towards me ; regard and ...
... certainly will be ; and so good - night too . You will observe , that I have not put into your mouth those good arguments , which upon such an occasion would , I am sure , occur to you ; as piety and affection towards me ; regard and ...
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