Letters, Sentences and MaximsA. L. Burt Company, 1999 - 348 σελίδες A compilation of letters and maxims imparting Lord Chesterfield's guidance in the conduct of life and business matters. |
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Σελίδα 206
... Italy . If you love music , hear it ; go to operas , concerts , and pay fiddlers to play to you ; but I insist upon your neither piping nor fiddling yourself . It puts a gentleman in a very frivolous , contemptible light ; brings him ...
... Italy . If you love music , hear it ; go to operas , concerts , and pay fiddlers to play to you ; but I insist upon your neither piping nor fiddling yourself . It puts a gentleman in a very frivolous , contemptible light ; brings him ...
Σελίδα 226
... , in many parts of Italy , meet with numbers of the Pretender's people ( English , Scotch , and Irish fugitives ) especially at Rome ; and probably the Pretender himself . It is none of your business to 226 CHESTERFIELD'S LETTERS .
... , in many parts of Italy , meet with numbers of the Pretender's people ( English , Scotch , and Irish fugitives ) especially at Rome ; and probably the Pretender himself . It is none of your business to 226 CHESTERFIELD'S LETTERS .
Σελίδα 246
... Italy ; whenever they can agree upon the division of the bear's skin . [ Oct. 9 , 1749. ] THE JESUITS . - They have , by turns , been ban- ished , and with infamy , almost every country in Europe ; and have always found means to be ...
... Italy ; whenever they can agree upon the division of the bear's skin . [ Oct. 9 , 1749. ] THE JESUITS . - They have , by turns , been ban- ished , and with infamy , almost every country in Europe ; and have always found means to be ...
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