Letters, Sentences, and MaximsG.P. Putnam's Sons, 1888 - 327 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα 60
... persons to whom we send them , just what we should say to the persons if we were with them . [ No date , Let- ter 72. ] THE RESULTS OF CARELESSNESS . - To this oscitancy we owe so many mistakes , hiatus's ( sic ) , lacunæ , etc. , in ...
... persons to whom we send them , just what we should say to the persons if we were with them . [ No date , Let- ter 72. ] THE RESULTS OF CARELESSNESS . - To this oscitancy we owe so many mistakes , hiatus's ( sic ) , lacunæ , etc. , in ...
Σελίδα 61
Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield. lieve you will easily take . These persons ( be- fore printing was invented ) transcribed the works of authors , sometimes for their own profit , but oftener ( as they were generally slaves ) ...
Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield. lieve you will easily take . These persons ( be- fore printing was invented ) transcribed the works of authors , sometimes for their own profit , but oftener ( as they were generally slaves ) ...
Σελίδα 68
... have a shilling 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 ,
... have a shilling 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 83
... person ; but take care to be very clean , well dressed , and genteel ; to have no disagree- * Chesterfield had inclosed in a letter from Mr. Stan- hope's mamma one from his own sister , thanking the boy for some Arquebusade water . His ...
... person ; but take care to be very clean , well dressed , and genteel ; to have no disagree- * Chesterfield had inclosed in a letter from Mr. Stan- hope's mamma one from his own sister , thanking the boy for some Arquebusade water . His ...
Σελίδα 85
... person , however true , passes for calumny . If I lie , or equivocate , for it is the same thing , in order to excuse myself for something that I have said or done , and to avoid the danger or the shame that I apprehend from it , I ...
... person , however true , passes for calumny . If I lie , or equivocate , for it is the same thing , in order to excuse myself for something that I have said or done , and to avoid the danger or the shame that I apprehend from it , I ...
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