Letters, Sentences and MaximsChesterfield Society, 1850 - 348 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα 26
... father's letter to the boy , then sixteen , is subtle : " Since you do not care to be an Assessor of the Imperial ... father , though , as his father says in one of them , " God knows whether to any purpose or not . " He never escaped ...
... father's letter to the boy , then sixteen , is subtle : " Since you do not care to be an Assessor of the Imperial ... father , though , as his father says in one of them , " God knows whether to any purpose or not . " He never escaped ...
Σελίδα 27
... father told him . The boy was affectionately fond of his father , though he did not inherit his father's epistolary taste . Yet we find him on corresponding terms with Lady Chesterfield . He was inclined to be stout , a fault which his ...
... father told him . The boy was affectionately fond of his father , though he did not inherit his father's epistolary taste . Yet we find him on corresponding terms with Lady Chesterfield . He was inclined to be stout , a fault which his ...
Σελίδα 29
... father discovered he was the father of two children - by a secret marriage . And these , together with their mother , were thrown upon Lord Chesterfield for support . It is one of the examples of his charac- teristic traits that he ...
... father discovered he was the father of two children - by a secret marriage . And these , together with their mother , were thrown upon Lord Chesterfield for support . It is one of the examples of his charac- teristic traits that he ...
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