Letters, Sentences and MaximsChesterfield Society, 1850 - 348 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα 88
... thought- lessness and want of attention about what is doing , makes a man so like either a fool or a madman , that , for my part , I see no real difference . A fool never has thought , a madman has lost it ; and an absent man is , for ...
... thought- lessness and want of attention about what is doing , makes a man so like either a fool or a madman , that , for my part , I see no real difference . A fool never has thought , a madman has lost it ; and an absent man is , for ...
Σελίδα 287
... thought worth seeing . Has anything remarkable been said or done in any place , or in any company ? they immediately present and declare themselves eye or ear witnesses of it . They have done feats themselves , unattempted , or at least ...
... thought worth seeing . Has anything remarkable been said or done in any place , or in any company ? they immediately present and declare themselves eye or ear witnesses of it . They have done feats themselves , unattempted , or at least ...
Σελίδα 288
... thought it a warm day ; she answered me , very civilly , that she thought so too ; upon which the conversation ceased , on my part , for some time , till she , good- naturedly resuming it , spoke to me thus : " I see your embarrassment ...
... thought it a warm day ; she answered me , very civilly , that she thought so too ; upon which the conversation ceased , on my part , for some time , till she , good- naturedly resuming it , spoke to me thus : " I see your embarrassment ...
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