Letters, Sentences, and MaximsPutnam, 1888 - 327 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα 19
... imagine he would not have written to him very differently . The letters begin with the A B C of education and instruction . Chesterfield teaches his son in French the rudiments of mythology and his- tory . I do not regret the ...
... imagine he would not have written to him very differently . The letters begin with the A B C of education and instruction . Chesterfield teaches his son in French the rudiments of mythology and his- tory . I do not regret the ...
Σελίδα 57
... imagine how necessary it is to mind all these little things ; for I have seen many people with great talents ill received , for want of having these tal- ents , too ; and others well received only from their little talents , and who had ...
... imagine how necessary it is to mind all these little things ; for I have seen many people with great talents ill received , for want of having these tal- ents , too ; and others well received only from their little talents , and who had ...
Σελίδα 63
... imagine why you think so , unless some- thing that I have said , very innocently , has happened to be very applicable to somebody or other of your acquaintance . He makes the sat- ire , who applies it , qui capit ille facit . I hope you ...
... imagine why you think so , unless some- thing that I have said , very innocently , has happened to be very applicable to somebody or other of your acquaintance . He makes the sat- ire , who applies it , qui capit ille facit . I hope you ...
Σελίδα 70
... imagine that the knowledge , which I so much recommend to you , is confined to books , pleasing , useful , and necessary as that knowledge is ; but I compre- hend in it the great knowledge of the world , still more necessary than that ...
... imagine that the knowledge , which I so much recommend to you , is confined to books , pleasing , useful , and necessary as that knowledge is ; but I compre- hend in it the great knowledge of the world , still more necessary than that ...
Σελίδα 75
... imagine that debauchery is pleasure . You must * His lordship had during this year been made one of his Majesty's Secretaries of State . allow that drunkenness , which is equally de- structive to Sentences , and Maxims 75.
... imagine that debauchery is pleasure . You must * His lordship had during this year been made one of his Majesty's Secretaries of State . allow that drunkenness , which is equally de- structive to Sentences , and Maxims 75.
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