Letters, Sentences, and MaximsG.P. Putnam's Sons, 1888 - 327 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα 45
... merit in him , but only of folly in his parents , in dressing him out like a jackanapes , and giving him money to play the fool with . Whereas a boy of good sense places his ambition in excelling other boys of his own age , and even ...
... merit in him , but only of folly in his parents , in dressing him out like a jackanapes , and giving him money to play the fool with . Whereas a boy of good sense places his ambition in excelling other boys of his own age , and even ...
Σελίδα 52
... merit could not get the better of it afterwards . Whereas a genteel manner prepossesses people in your favor , bends them towards you , and makes them wish to like you . Awkwardness can proceed but from two causes : either from not ...
... merit could not get the better of it afterwards . Whereas a genteel manner prepossesses people in your favor , bends them towards you , and makes them wish to like you . Awkwardness can proceed but from two causes : either from not ...
Σελίδα 63
... 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.
... 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 68
... in the world but from me ; and that as I have no womanish weakness for your person , your merit must , and will , be the only measure of my kindness — I say , I do not hint these things to you 68 Chesterfield's Letters ,
... in the world but from me ; and that as I have no womanish weakness for your person , your merit must , and will , be the only measure of my kindness — I say , I do not hint these things to you 68 Chesterfield's Letters ,
Σελίδα 76
... merit ; mod- erate play , which amuses without any inter- ested views ; and sprightly , gallant conversations with women of fashion and sense . These are the real pleasures of a gentleman : which occasion neither sickness , shame , nor ...
... merit ; mod- erate play , which amuses without any inter- ested views ; and sprightly , gallant conversations with women of fashion and sense . These are the real pleasures of a gentleman : which occasion neither sickness , shame , nor ...
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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