... very tangible advantages, too — I do not think the present occupants make, the house as pleasant as their fathers did, and for the very simple reason that they never try. "Indifferentism is the tone of the day. No one must be eager, pleased, displeased,... The Life of Charles Lever - 310. oldalszerző: William John Fitz-Patrick - 1879Teljes nézet - Információ erről a könyvről
| 1864 - 808 oldal
...do not think the present occupants make the house as pleasant as their fathers did, and for the very simple reason, that they never try. Indifferentism...nothing obliges you to applaud or even approve of it. This is the theory, and we have been most successful in reducing it to practice. We are immensely bored,... | |
| George Anthony Denison - 1864 - 204 oldal
...not think the present occupants make, the house as pleasant as their fathers did, and for the very simple reason that they never try. "Indifferentism...nothing obliges you to applaud, or even approve of it. This is the theory, and we have been most successful in reducing it to practice. We are immensely bored,... | |
| 1864 - 808 oldal
...do not think the present occupants make the house as pleasant as their fathers did, and for the very simple reason, that they never try. Indifferentism...as a tiresome sort of thing, but which is far too nmch beneath one to be thought of seriously — a wearisome performance, which good manners require... | |
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