Letters, Sentences, and MaximsG.P. Putnam's Sons, 1888 - 327 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα 63
... . I know my duty too well , to express , and your merit too well to entertain , such a suspicion . I have not lately read the satirical authors you mention , having very little time here to read . [ Dublin Sentences , and Marims 63.
... . I know my duty too well , to express , and your merit too well to entertain , such a suspicion . I have not lately read the satirical authors you mention , having very little time here to read . [ Dublin Sentences , and Marims 63.
Σελίδα 81
... author for his own works , makes me very glad to hear that Mr. Harte has thought this last edition of mine worth so fine a binding ; and , as he has bound it in red , and gilt it upon the back , I hope he will take care that it shall be ...
... author for his own works , makes me very glad to hear that Mr. Harte has thought this last edition of mine worth so fine a binding ; and , as he has bound it in red , and gilt it upon the back , I hope he will take care that it shall be ...
Σελίδα 86
... author , who is sure to be detected . These are chiefly narrative and historical lies , all intend- ed to do infinite honor to their author . He is always the hero of his own romances ; he has been in dangers from which nobody but him ...
... author , who is sure to be detected . These are chiefly narrative and historical lies , all intend- ed to do infinite honor to their author . He is always the hero of his own romances ; he has been in dangers from which nobody but him ...
Σελίδα 139
... authors , treasures up the obso- lete words which he meets with there , and uses them upon all occasions , to show his reading at the expense of his judgment . Plautus is his fa- vorite author , not for the sake of the wit and the vis ...
... authors , treasures up the obso- lete words which he meets with there , and uses them upon all occasions , to show his reading at the expense of his judgment . Plautus is his fa- vorite author , not for the sake of the wit and the vis ...
Σελίδα 155
... GOOD FELLOWS . - You will find , in most good company , some people who only keep * The author , as he says , often repeats himself , see ante , p . 150 . their place there by a contemptible title enough ; these Sentences , and Marims 155.
... GOOD FELLOWS . - You will find , in most good company , some people who only keep * The author , as he says , often repeats himself , see ante , p . 150 . their place there by a contemptible title enough ; these Sentences , and Marims 155.
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Adieu adorn ambition attention awkward bad company best companies breeding Cæsar certainly character Cicero common commonly complaisance consequently contempt conversation Corinthian order court dance degree Demosthenes deserve desire dress easy Englishman fashion favor 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 laziness 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 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