Letters, Sentences, and MaximsPutnam, 1888 - 327 σελίδες |
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... virtues . Not one father in ten thousand in those days was so good , so tender , and so wise . His son grew up to marry a lady of whom his father knew noth- ing till a widow and two children came as sup- pliants , in that splendid room ...
... virtues . Not one father in ten thousand in those days was so good , so tender , and so wise . His son grew up to marry a lady of whom his father knew noth- ing till a widow and two children came as sup- pliants , in that splendid room ...
Σελίδα 31
... virtue , learning , and good sense , the manners and 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 ...
... virtue , learning , and good sense , the manners and 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 ...
Σελίδα 36
... virtues , and of whom it might be said , as his greatest praise , that he was a French wit , if he had not introduced into the verve and vivacity of his sallies that inexplica- ble something of imagination and color that bears the ...
... virtues , and of whom it might be said , as his greatest praise , that he was a French wit , if he had not introduced into the verve and vivacity of his sallies that inexplica- ble something of imagination and color that bears the ...
Σελίδα 43
... so good a pattern ; the more you regard him the more you will love me . [ About July , 1741. ] VIRTUE DISCOURAGED . — If six hundred citi- zens of Sentences , and Maxims 43 obsequio persequeris, eo magis te me studi- ...
... so good a pattern ; the more you regard him the more you will love me . [ About July , 1741. ] VIRTUE DISCOURAGED . — If six hundred citi- zens of Sentences , and Maxims 43 obsequio persequeris, eo magis te me studi- ...
Σελίδα 44
... virtue ; and , consequently , they are more likely to give up their liberties to such a one than to another of less merit . But then , on the other hand , it seems extraordinary to discourage virtue upon any account ; since it is only by ...
... virtue ; and , consequently , they are more likely to give up their liberties to such a one than to another of less merit . But then , on the other hand , it seems extraordinary to discourage virtue upon any account ; since it is only by ...
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