Letters, Sentences, and MaximsG.P. Putnam's Sons, 1888 - 327 σελίδες |
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... Lord Chesterfield wrote to his son , and which contain a whole school of savoir vivre and worldly science , are interesting in this particular , that there has * In this Essay , by the late M. Sainte - Beuve , nothing has been altered ...
... Lord Chesterfield wrote to his son , and which contain a whole school of savoir vivre and worldly science , are interesting in this particular , that there has * In this Essay , by the late M. Sainte - Beuve , nothing has been altered ...
Σελίδα 8
... Lord Chesterfield has not given us a treatise on duty as Cicero has ; but he has left letters which , by their mixture of justness and lightness , by certain lightsome airs which insensibly mingle with the serious graces , pre- serve ...
... Lord Chesterfield has not given us a treatise on duty as Cicero has ; but he has left letters which , by their mixture of justness and lightness , by certain lightsome airs which insensibly mingle with the serious graces , pre- serve ...
Σελίδα 10
... Lord Ches- terfield had , when a child , learnt our tongue from a Norman nurse who attended him . When he visited Paris the last time , in 1744 , M. de Fontenelle having remarked a slight Norman accent in his pronunciation , spoke of it ...
... Lord Ches- terfield had , when a child , learnt our tongue from a Norman nurse who attended him . When he visited Paris the last time , in 1744 , M. de Fontenelle having remarked a slight Norman accent in his pronunciation , spoke of it ...
Σελίδα 11
... Lord Chesterfield told his son that to en- courage him , and to show what it is necessary to pass through . He makes himself an example to embolden him , and to draw the boy more readily to him . I shall be careful not to take his word ...
... Lord Chesterfield told his son that to en- courage him , and to show what it is necessary to pass through . He makes himself an example to embolden him , and to draw the boy more readily to him . I shall be careful not to take his word ...
Σελίδα 12
... to be acquired . " It is surprising , " he said later of Pitt , at the time when that great orator consented to enter the Upper House as Lord Chatham , “ it is sur- prising that a man in the plenitude of his power 12 Critical Essay.
... to be acquired . " It is surprising , " he said later of Pitt , at the time when that great orator consented to enter the Upper House as Lord Chatham , “ it is sur- prising that a man in the plenitude of his power 12 Critical Essay.
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