Letters, Sentences, and MaximsG.P. Putnam's Sons, 1888 - 327 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα 126
... matters of literature , the customs of par- ticular countries , the several orders of knight- hood , as Teutonic , Malthese , etc. , are surely better subjects of conversation than the weather , dress , or fiddle - faddle stories , that ...
... matters of literature , the customs of par- ticular countries , the several orders of knight- hood , as Teutonic , Malthese , etc. , are surely better subjects of conversation than the weather , dress , or fiddle - faddle stories , that ...
Σελίδα 133
... matters ; though he often makes them believe that he does both , which is the thing in the world that they are proud of , for they love mightily to be dabbling in busi- ness ( which , by the way , they always spoil ) ; and being justly ...
... matters ; though he often makes them believe that he does both , which is the thing in the world that they are proud of , for they love mightily to be dabbling in busi- ness ( which , by the way , they always spoil ) ; and being justly ...
Σελίδα 139
... matter of the lecture ; in which I confess there is one doctrine laid down that surprises me ; it is this : " Quum vero hostis sit lenta citave morte omnia dira nobis minitans quocunque bellantibus negotium est , parum sane interfuerit ...
... matter of the lecture ; in which I confess there is one doctrine laid down that surprises me ; it is this : " Quum vero hostis sit lenta citave morte omnia dira nobis minitans quocunque bellantibus negotium est , parum sane interfuerit ...
Σελίδα 142
... matter , and that nothing exists but in idea ; that you and I only fancy ourselves eat- ing , drinking , and sleeping ; you at Leipsig , and I at London ; that we think we have flesh and blood , legs , arms , etc. , but that we are only ...
... matter , and that nothing exists but in idea ; that you and I only fancy ourselves eat- ing , drinking , and sleeping ; you at Leipsig , and I at London ; that we think we have flesh and blood , legs , arms , etc. , but that we are only ...
Σελίδα 162
... matter of curiosity , or rather astonishment ; but , still more , as it will give you greater and consequently juster ideas of that eternal and omnipotent Being , who con- trived , made , and still preserves that universe , than all the ...
... matter of curiosity , or rather astonishment ; but , still more , as it will give you greater and consequently juster ideas of that eternal and omnipotent Being , who con- trived , made , and still preserves that universe , than all the ...
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