Letters, Sentences, and MaximsG.P. Putnam's Sons, 1888 - 327 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα 75
... mind of certain papers , which you have very lately , and I formerly , sent up to kites , along the string , which we called messen- gers ; some of them the wind used to blow away , others were torn by the string , and but few of them ...
... mind of certain papers , which you have very lately , and I formerly , sent up to kites , along the string , which we called messen- gers ; some of them the wind used to blow away , others were torn by the string , and but few of them ...
Σελίδα 76
... mind , is a fine pleasure . Gaming , that draws you into a thousand scrapes , leaves you penniless , and gives you the air and manners of an outrageous madman , is another most exquisite pleasure , is it not ? As to run- ning after ...
... mind , is a fine pleasure . Gaming , that draws you into a thousand scrapes , leaves you penniless , and gives you the air and manners of an outrageous madman , is another most exquisite pleasure , is it not ? As to run- ning after ...
Σελίδα 80
... choice , delicacy , and secrecy . I have not mentioned the pleasures of the mind ( which are the solid and permanent ones ) , because they do not come un- der the head of what people commonly call pleasures ; 80 Chesterfield's Letters ,
... choice , delicacy , and secrecy . I have not mentioned the pleasures of the mind ( which are the solid and permanent ones ) , because they do not come un- der the head of what people commonly call pleasures ; 80 Chesterfield's Letters ,
Σελίδα 81
... mind the binding more than the book , whereas men of sense and learning immediately examine the inside , and , if they find that it does not answer the finery on the outside , they throw it by with the greater indignation and contempt ...
... mind the binding more than the book , whereas men of sense and learning immediately examine the inside , and , if they find that it does not answer the finery on the outside , they throw it by with the greater indignation and contempt ...
Σελίδα 82
... mind , a problem in Euclid , he would be a very bad companion , and make a very poor figure in that company ; or if , in studying a problem in his closet , he were to think of a minuet , I am apt to believe that he would make a very ...
... mind , a problem in Euclid , he would be a very bad companion , and make a very poor figure in that company ; or if , in studying a problem in his closet , he were to think of a minuet , I am apt to believe that he would make a very ...
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