Letters, Sentences, and MaximsG.P. Putnam's Sons, 1888 - 327 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα 34
... senses with which we are provided , you have only one enfeebled , and Lord Huntingdon assures me that you have a good stomach , which is worth a pair of ears . It will be perhaps my place to decide which is the most sorrowful , to be ...
... senses with which we are provided , you have only one enfeebled , and Lord Huntingdon assures me that you have a good stomach , which is worth a pair of ears . It will be perhaps my place to decide which is the most sorrowful , to be ...
Σελίδα 35
... sense a charlatan , nor the dupe of charlatans , and that I reckon as a rare merit , which adds something to the shadow of happi- ness that we are allowed to taste of in this short life . " Lord Chesterfield died on the 24th of March ...
... sense a charlatan , nor the dupe of charlatans , and that I reckon as a rare merit , which adds something to the shadow of happi- ness that we are allowed to taste of in this short life . " Lord Chesterfield died on the 24th of March ...
Σελίδα 43
... sense too , I have transposed the words of the following lines ; which I would have you put in their proper order , and send me in your next : Life consider cheat a when ' t is all I Hope the fool'd deceit men yet with favor Repay will ...
... sense too , I have transposed the words of the following lines ; which I would have you put in their proper order , and send me in your next : Life consider cheat a when ' t is all I Hope the fool'd deceit men yet with favor Repay will ...
Σελίδα 45
... sense is a right and commendable one . For instance , the ambition of a silly boy , of your age , would be to have fine clothes , and money to throw away in idle follies ; which , you plainly see , would be no proofs of merit in him ...
... sense is a right and commendable one . For instance , the ambition of a silly boy , of your age , would be to have fine clothes , and money to throw away in idle follies ; which , you plainly see , would be no proofs of merit in him ...
Σελίδα 49
... SENSE . - Good sense must , in many cases , determine good breeding ; because the same thing that would be civil at one time , and to one person , may be quite otherwise at another time , and to another person ; but there are some ...
... SENSE . - Good sense must , in many cases , determine good breeding ; because the same thing that would be civil at one time , and to one person , may be quite otherwise at another time , and to another person ; but there are some ...
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