Letters, Sentences, and MaximsPutnam, 1888 - 327 σελίδες |
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... DEMIAE #CHRIST HARVARDIAN FROM THE MARY OSGOOD FUND " To purchase such books as shall be most needed for the College Library , so as best to promote the objects of the College . " by another . 0 Knickerbocker Nuggets YII . NUGGET .
... DEMIAE #CHRIST HARVARDIAN FROM THE MARY OSGOOD FUND " To purchase such books as shall be most needed for the College Library , so as best to promote the objects of the College . " by another . 0 Knickerbocker Nuggets YII . NUGGET .
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... objects of his emulation , and followed some ridiculous chimera . He con- fesses that at one period of inexperience he gave himself up to wine , and other excesses , for which he was not at all inclined by nature , but it flattered his ...
... objects of his emulation , and followed some ridiculous chimera . He con- fesses that at one period of inexperience he gave himself up to wine , and other excesses , for which he was not at all inclined by nature , but it flattered his ...
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... object of his secret ideal and his real ambition we know now . Before his marriage he had , about the year 1732 , by a French lady ( Madame de Bouchet ) whom he met in Holland , a natural son to whom he was tenderly attached . He wrote ...
... object of his secret ideal and his real ambition we know now . Before his marriage he had , about the year 1732 , by a French lady ( Madame de Bouchet ) whom he met in Holland , a natural son to whom he was tenderly attached . He wrote ...
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... . He especially recommends to him attention in all that he does , and he gives the word its full value . " It is attention alone , " he says , which << There is no fixes objects in the memory . surer By Sainte - Beuve 19.
... . He especially recommends to him attention in all that he does , and he gives the word its full value . " It is attention alone , " he says , which << There is no fixes objects in the memory . surer By Sainte - Beuve 19.
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Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield. There is no fixes objects in the memory . surer mark of a mean and meagre intellect in the world than inattention . All that is worth the trouble of doing at all deserves to be done well , and ...
Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield. There is no fixes objects in the memory . surer mark of a mean and meagre intellect in the world than inattention . All that is worth the trouble of doing at all deserves to be done well , and ...
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