Letters, Sentences, and MaximsG.P. Putnam's Sons, 1888 - 327 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα 105
Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield. of ridicule . Each sect thinks its own the best ; and I know no infallible judge , in this world , to decide which is the best . [ Same date . ] USE A NOTE - BOOK . - Make the same in- quiries ...
Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield. of ridicule . Each sect thinks its own the best ; and I know no infallible judge , in this world , to decide which is the best . [ Same date . ] USE A NOTE - BOOK . - Make the same in- quiries ...
Σελίδα 151
... ridicule will obstruct or allay the applause which you may really deserve ; but if you publish your own panegyric upon any occasion or in any shape whatsoever , and however artfully dressed or disguised , they will all conspire against ...
... ridicule will obstruct or allay the applause which you may really deserve ; but if you publish your own panegyric upon any occasion or in any shape whatsoever , and however artfully dressed or disguised , they will all conspire against ...
Σελίδα 206
... ridicule which such fellows endeavor to throw upon those who are not like them is , in the opinion of all men of sense , the most authentic pane- gyric . Go on , then , my dear child , in the way you are in , only for a year and a half ...
... ridicule which such fellows endeavor to throw upon those who are not like them is , in the opinion of all men of sense , the most authentic pane- gyric . Go on , then , my dear child , in the way you are in , only for a year and a half ...
Σελίδα 234
... ridicule . For instance ; I will suppose you had written the following letter from the Hague to the secre- tary of state at London , and leave you to sup- pose the consequences of it ; ' MY LORD , —I had , last night , 234 ...
... ridicule . For instance ; I will suppose you had written the following letter from the Hague to the secre- tary of state at London , and leave you to sup- pose the consequences of it ; ' MY LORD , —I had , last night , 234 ...
Σελίδα 236
... ridicule ; but I can assure you that it continues so still , and will be re- membered as long as he lives and speaks . Another , speaking in defence of a gentleman , upon whom a censure was moved , happily said that he thought that ...
... ridicule ; but I can assure you that it continues so still , and will be re- membered as long as he lives and speaks . Another , speaking in defence of a gentleman , upon whom a censure was moved , happily said that he thought that ...
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