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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... Lord Mahon : " [ The speech ] contains many eloquent predic- tions , that , should the Bill be enacted , the ruin of liberty and the introduction of despotism would inevitably follow . Yet even Chesterfield owns that ' he has observed ...
... Lord Mahon : " [ The speech ] contains many eloquent predic- tions , that , should the Bill be enacted , the ruin of liberty and the introduction of despotism would inevitably follow . Yet even Chesterfield owns that ' he has observed ...
Σελίδα 16
... Lord Mahon justly observes , " Horace Walpole had heard his own father ; had heard Pitt ; had heard Pulteney ; had heard Windham ; had heard Carteret ; yet he declares in 1743 that the finest speech he had ever listened to was one from Lord ...
... Lord Mahon justly observes , " Horace Walpole had heard his own father ; had heard Pitt ; had heard Pulteney ; had heard Windham ; had heard Carteret ; yet he declares in 1743 that the finest speech he had ever listened to was one from Lord ...
Σελίδα 56
... Lord Chesterfield had early thought of France to polish his son , and to give him that courtesy which cannot be ... Lord Chesterfield's Letters , published in London by Lord Mahon in 1847 ( 4 vols . ) . See vol . iii . , page thought of ...
... Lord Chesterfield had early thought of France to polish his son , and to give him that courtesy which cannot be ... Lord Chesterfield's Letters , published in London by Lord Mahon in 1847 ( 4 vols . ) . See vol . iii . , page thought of ...
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