Letters, Sentences, and MaximsG.P. Putnam's Sons, 1888 - 327 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα 22
... never discouraged , untiring in sowing elegances and graces on this infantile soil . Not that this son , the object of so much culture and zeal , was in any way unworthy of his father . It has been pretended that there could be no one ...
... never discouraged , untiring in sowing elegances and graces on this infantile soil . Not that this son , the object of so much culture and zeal , was in any way unworthy of his father . It has been pretended that there could be no one ...
Σελίδα 23
... never dream here of forming the manners * This is no longer a conjecture , but a certainty , after what I read in the edition of " Lord Chesterfield's Let- ters " published in London by Lord Mahon in 1847 ( 4 vols . ) . See vol . iii ...
... never dream here of forming the manners * This is no longer a conjecture , but a certainty , after what I read in the edition of " Lord Chesterfield's Let- ters " published in London by Lord Mahon in 1847 ( 4 vols . ) . See vol . iii ...
Σελίδα 24
... never been found in one person before - I mean the best qualities of the two nations . " And he enters into the details of his plan , and the means he thinks of using : a learned Eng- lishman every morning , a French teacher after ...
... never been found in one person before - I mean the best qualities of the two nations . " And he enters into the details of his plan , and the means he thinks of using : a learned Eng- lishman every morning , a French teacher after ...
Σελίδα 28
... never to trust to him where that passion is concerned . " " If you wish particularly to gain the good graces and affection of certain people , men or women , try to discover their most striking merit , if they have one , and their ...
... never to trust to him where that passion is concerned . " " If you wish particularly to gain the good graces and affection of certain people , men or women , try to discover their most striking merit , if they have one , and their ...
Σελίδα 29
... never to attack whole bodies , whatever they may be . " " Individuals occasionally forgive , but bodies and societies never do . " In general , Chesterfield counsels his son to be circumspect and to preserve a sort of pru- dent ...
... never to attack whole bodies , whatever they may be . " " Individuals occasionally forgive , but bodies and societies never do . " In general , Chesterfield counsels his son to be circumspect and to preserve a sort of pru- dent ...
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