Letters, Sentences and MaximsChesterfield Society, 1850 - 348 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα 80
... true story , but generally so changed and altered that one cannot know it . For example : in " Grand Cyrus , " " Clelia , " and " Cleopatra , " three celebrated romances , there is some true history ; but so blended with falsities and ...
... true story , but generally so changed and altered that one cannot know it . For example : in " Grand Cyrus , " " Clelia , " and " Cleopatra , " three celebrated romances , there is some true history ; but so blended with falsities and ...
Σελίδα 273
... true ) that , with regard to mankind , we must not draw general conclusions from certain particular principles , though , in the main , true ones . We must not suppose that , because a man is a rational animal , he will , therefore ...
... true ) that , with regard to mankind , we must not draw general conclusions from certain particular principles , though , in the main , true ones . We must not suppose that , because a man is a rational animal , he will , therefore ...
Σελίδα 311
... true saying , among the few true sayings of the Italians . There is a bienséance also with regard to people of the lowest degree ; a gentleman observes it with his footman , even with the beggar in the street . He considers them as ...
... true saying , among the few true sayings of the Italians . There is a bienséance also with regard to people of the lowest degree ; a gentleman observes it with his footman , even with the beggar in the street . He considers them as ...
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