Letters, Sentences, and MaximsPutnam, 1888 - 327 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα 10
... French to his old tutor , M. Jouneau , a French clergyman and refugee . Lord Ches- terfield had , when a child , learnt our tongue from a Norman nurse who attended him . When he visited Paris the last time , in 1744 , M. de Fontenelle ...
... French to his old tutor , M. Jouneau , a French clergyman and refugee . Lord Ches- terfield had , when a child , learnt our tongue from a Norman nurse who attended him . When he visited Paris the last time , in 1744 , M. de Fontenelle ...
Σελίδα 11
... French , because I am being often taken for a Frenchman , and more than one of them has paid me the highest possible compliment , by saying : ' Monsieur , you are quite one of our- selves . ' I shall only tell you that I am impu- dent ...
... French , because I am being often taken for a Frenchman , and more than one of them has paid me the highest possible compliment , by saying : ' Monsieur , you are quite one of our- selves . ' I shall only tell you that I am impu- dent ...
Σελίδα 15
... French lady ( Madame de Bouchet ) whom he met in Holland , a natural son to whom he was tenderly attached . He wrote to this son , in all sincerity : " From the first day of your life , the dearest object of mine has been to make you as ...
... French lady ( Madame de Bouchet ) whom he met in Holland , a natural son to whom he was tenderly attached . He wrote to this son , in all sincerity : " From the first day of your life , the dearest object of mine has been to make you as ...
Σελίδα 16
... French for revolutions , and their impatience at slow reforms , spoke this sentence , which is a résumé of our whole history : " You French know how to make barricades , but you never raise barriers . " Lord Chesterfield certainly ...
... French for revolutions , and their impatience at slow reforms , spoke this sentence , which is a résumé of our whole history : " You French know how to make barricades , but you never raise barriers . " Lord Chesterfield certainly ...
Σελίδα 17
... French lady on the subject thus : " Your good authors are my principal re- source : Voltaire especially charms me , with the exception of his impiety , with which he cannot help seasoning all that he writes , and which he would do ...
... French lady on the subject thus : " Your good authors are my principal re- source : Voltaire especially charms me , with the exception of his impiety , with which he cannot help seasoning all that he writes , and which he would do ...
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