Letters, Sentences, and MaximsG.P. Putnam's Sons, 1888 - 327 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα 63
... reason can do against you . date . ] MY DEAR BOY : - " Sunt quibus in Satirâ videar nimis acer . " [ Same I find , sir , you are one of those ; though I can- not imagine why you think so , unless some- thing that I have said , very ...
... reason can do against you . date . ] MY DEAR BOY : - " Sunt quibus in Satirâ videar nimis acer . " [ Same I find , sir , you are one of those ; though I can- not imagine why you think so , unless some- thing that I have said , very ...
Σελίδα 84
... upon the con- viction of their reason . [ Same date . ] LYING . I really know nothing more crim- inal , more mean , and more ridiculous than lying . It is the production either of malice , 84 Chesterfield's Letters ,
... upon the con- viction of their reason . [ Same date . ] LYING . I really know nothing more crim- inal , more mean , and more ridiculous than lying . It is the production either of malice , 84 Chesterfield's Letters ,
Σελίδα 95
... reason to suggest them , rather than receive them . By the manner in which you now tell me that you employ your time , I flatter myself that you have that fund : that is the fund which will make you rich in- deed . I do not , therefore ...
... reason to suggest them , rather than receive them . By the manner in which you now tell me that you employ your time , I flatter myself that you have that fund : that is the fund which will make you rich in- deed . I do not , therefore ...
Σελίδα 101
... reason we have fewer proper subjects for foreign com- missions than any other country in Europe ; and , when foreign affairs happen to be debated in Parliament , it is incredible with how much ignorance . The harvest of foreign affairs ...
... reason we have fewer proper subjects for foreign com- missions than any other country in Europe ; and , when foreign affairs happen to be debated in Parliament , it is incredible with how much ignorance . The harvest of foreign affairs ...
Σελίδα 109
... reason , nobody has ever heard me laugh . [ Same date . ] THE MIND . - It requires , also , a great deal of exercise , to bring it to a state of health and vigor . Observe the difference there is between minds cultivated and minds ...
... reason , nobody has ever heard me laugh . [ Same date . ] THE MIND . - It requires , also , a great deal of exercise , to bring it to a state of health and vigor . Observe the difference there is between minds cultivated and minds ...
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