Letters, Sentences, and MaximsPutnam, 1888 - 327 σελίδες |
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... certainly nothing can be more attractive than the style in which they are set before their readers . " - Quarterly Review , vol . lxxvi . , 1845 . " Lord Chesterfield's letters are , I will venture to say , masterpieces of good taste ...
... certainly nothing can be more attractive than the style in which they are set before their readers . " - Quarterly Review , vol . lxxvi . , 1845 . " Lord Chesterfield's letters are , I will venture to say , masterpieces of good taste ...
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... certainly possessed that far- sightedness and those glimpses into the future which belong to very wide intelligence , but he possessed those qualities to a much greater de- gree than the patient perseverance and constant practical ...
... certainly possessed that far- sightedness and those glimpses into the future which belong to very wide intelligence , but he possessed those qualities to a much greater de- gree than the patient perseverance and constant practical ...
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... 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 appreciated Vol- taire ; he remarked , 16 Critical Essay.
... 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 appreciated Vol- taire ; he remarked , 16 Critical Essay.
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Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield. Lord Chesterfield certainly appreciated Vol- taire ; he remarked , à propos of the “ Siècle de Louis XIV . " : " Lord Bolingbroke had taught me how to read history ; Voltaire teaches me how it ...
Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield. Lord Chesterfield certainly appreciated Vol- taire ; he remarked , à propos of the “ Siècle de Louis XIV . " : " Lord Bolingbroke had taught me how to read history ; Voltaire teaches me how it ...
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... certainly give you , if you do not learn well . [ No date . ] Philippus Chesterfield parvulo suo Philippo Stanhope , S. P. D. PERGRATA mihi fuit epistola tua , quam nuper accepi , eleganter enim scripta erat , et polliceris te summam ...
... certainly give you , if you do not learn well . [ No date . ] Philippus Chesterfield parvulo suo Philippo Stanhope , S. P. D. PERGRATA mihi fuit epistola tua , quam nuper accepi , eleganter enim scripta erat , et polliceris te summam ...
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