Letters, Sentences and MaximsChesterfield Society, 1850 - 348 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα 109
... learning ; but , in general , they make up so much by their manner for those defects , that frequently they pass undiscovered . I have often said , and do think , that a Frenchman , who , with a fund of virtue , learning , and good ...
... learning ; but , in general , they make up so much by their manner for those defects , that frequently they pass undiscovered . I have often said , and do think , that a Frenchman , who , with a fund of virtue , learning , and good ...
Σελίδα 138
... LEARNING . I have known these absurdities carried so far by people of injudicious learning , that I should not be surprised if some of them were to propose , while we were at war with the Gauls , that a number of geese should be kept in ...
... LEARNING . I have known these absurdities carried so far by people of injudicious learning , that I should not be surprised if some of them were to propose , while we were at war with the Gauls , that a number of geese should be kept in ...
Σελίδα 259
... LEARNING AND POLITENESS . - I have often as- serted , that the profoundest learning , and the polit- est manners , were by no means incompatible , though SENTENCES AND MAXIMS . 259.
... LEARNING AND POLITENESS . - I have often as- serted , that the profoundest learning , and the polit- est manners , were by no means incompatible , though SENTENCES AND MAXIMS . 259.
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