Letters, Sentences, and MaximsG.P. Putnam's Sons, 1888 - 327 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα 22
... graces on this infantile soil . Not that this son , the object of so much culture and zeal , was in any way unworthy ... grace , had the air of a man who had been well brought up , and was polite and agreeable . But do you not think that ...
... graces on this infantile soil . Not that this son , the object of so much culture and zeal , was in any way unworthy ... grace , had the air of a man who had been well brought up , and was polite and agreeable . But do you not think that ...
Σελίδα 25
... graces . " Upon this last point he is exacting , and shows no quarter . Graces , he returns continually to them , for without them all effort is vain . “ If they are not natural to you , cultivate them , " he cries . He indeed speaks ...
... graces . " Upon this last point he is exacting , and shows no quarter . Graces , he returns continually to them , for without them all effort is vain . “ If they are not natural to you , cultivate them , " he cries . He indeed speaks ...
Σελίδα 28
... graces and affection of certain people , men or women , try to discover their most striking merit , if they have one , and their dominant weakness , for every one has his own , then do justice to the one , and a little more than justice ...
... graces and affection of certain people , men or women , try to discover their most striking merit , if they have one , and their dominant weakness , for every one has his own , then do justice to the one , and a little more than justice ...
Σελίδα 40
... grace ; who makes choice of good words , and adorns and embellishes the subject upon which he either speaks or writes , will persuade better , and succeed more easily in obtaining what he wishes , than a man who does not explain himself ...
... grace ; who makes choice of good words , and adorns and embellishes the subject upon which he either speaks or writes , will persuade better , and succeed more easily in obtaining what he wishes , than a man who does not explain himself ...
Σελίδα 91
... graces ; a certain manner ; a je ne sçais quoi , still more engaging than beauty . This truth is evident , from the studied and elaborate dress of the ugliest wo- men in the world . An undoubted , uncon- tested , conscious beauty is ...
... graces ; a certain manner ; a je ne sçais quoi , still more engaging than beauty . This truth is evident , from the studied and elaborate dress of the ugliest wo- men in the world . An undoubted , uncon- tested , conscious beauty is ...
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