Letters, Sentences, and MaximsPutnam, 1888 - 327 σελίδες |
Αναζήτηση στο βιβλίο
Αποτελέσματα 1 - 5 από τα 17.
Σελίδα 2
... politeness , and when he died he left her a legacy as some slight recompense for the injury he had done her . He married a lady of blood royal , though crossed by a bar sinister ( daughter of George I. and the Duchess of Ken- dal ) ...
... politeness , and when he died he left her a legacy as some slight recompense for the injury he had done her . He married a lady of blood royal , though crossed by a bar sinister ( daughter of George I. and the Duchess of Ken- dal ) ...
Σελίδα 4
... politeness , and was favored by being allowed to converse with them . " Are there many noble- men who would say so nowadays ? No , nor many Popes nor Swifts - nor , let us add , Ches- terfields . Mr. Stanhope has also been very much mis ...
... politeness , and was favored by being allowed to converse with them . " Are there many noble- men who would say so nowadays ? No , nor many Popes nor Swifts - nor , let us add , Ches- terfields . Mr. Stanhope has also been very much mis ...
Σελίδα 7
... politeness , if opened after a lapse of ages , we at once see portions which are as antiquated as the cut and fashion of our forefather's coats ; the model has evidently changed . But looking into it carefully as a whole , if the book ...
... politeness , if opened after a lapse of ages , we at once see portions which are as antiquated as the cut and fashion of our forefather's coats ; the model has evidently changed . But looking into it carefully as a whole , if the book ...
Σελίδα 31
... politeness of his country , has attained the perfection of human nature . ” unites sufficiently well in himself the advan- tages of the two nations , with one character- istic which belongs exclusively to his race - there is imagination ...
... politeness of his country , has attained the perfection of human nature . ” unites sufficiently well in himself the advan- tages of the two nations , with one character- istic which belongs exclusively to his race - there is imagination ...
Σελίδα 35
... politeness , and to receive them from a man whose name is so closely con- nected with those of Montesquieu and Voltaire , who , more than any other of his countrymen in * This was written in June , 1850 . 36 Critical Essay by Sainte ...
... politeness , and to receive them from a man whose name is so closely con- nected with those of Montesquieu and Voltaire , who , more than any other of his countrymen in * This was written in June , 1850 . 36 Critical Essay by Sainte ...
Άλλες εκδόσεις - Προβολή όλων
Συχνά εμφανιζόμενοι όροι και φράσεις
Adieu adorn ambition attention awkward bad company best companies breeding Cæsar character Cicero common commonly complaisance consequently contempt conversation Corinthian order court dance degree Demosthenes deserve desire dress easy Englishman fashion favor flattered folly fool French frivolous G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS genteel give good-breeding graces Harte heart hope House of Savoy imagine inattention Julius Cæsar justly king knowledge laugh learning least letters Lord Bolingbroke Lord Chesterfield Lord Shaftesbury mankind manners mean merit mind Montesquieu morality nature necessary never object observe pany passion person pleasing pleasures politeness proper reason remember never respect ridicule Sainte-Beuve sense shine silly Sir James Gray speak Stanhope sure taste tell thing thought tion trifling true truth vanity vice Viceroy of Ireland virtue Voltaire vulgar weak wish women words young