 | Benjamin Disraeli - 1832 - 204 oldal
...Retz— the Life of Richelieu—every thing about Napoleon,—read works of that kind. Strelamb will prepare you a list. Read no history : nothing but...biography, for that is life without theory. Then fence. Talk an hour with your French master, but do not throw the burden of the conversation upon him. Give... | |
 | Benjamin Disraeli - 1845 - 482 oldal
...be at home for so short a time, and for other reasons, I think it better that you should not have « tutor in the house. Parcel out your morning then for...-works of that kind. Strelamb shall prepare you a list. Bead no history, nothing but biography, for that is life without theory. Then fence. Talk an hour with... | |
 | Benjamin Disraeli - 1846 - 398 oldal
...cavalier. You shall have your own groom and horses, and I wish you to ride regularly every day. 100 "As you are to be at home for so short a time, and...biography, for that is life without theory. Then fence. Talk an hour with your French master, but do not throw the burden of the conversation upon him. Give... | |
 | Benjamin Disraeli (earl of Beaconsfield.) - 1846 - 1116 oldal
...for other reasons, I think it better that you should not have a tutor in the house. Parcel out vOUT morning, then, for your separate masters. Rise early...— read works of that kind. Strelamb shall prepare yon a list. Read no history: nothing but biography, for that is life without theory. Then fence. Talk... | |
 | Benjamin Disraeli (earl of Beaconsfield.) - 1853 - 286 oldal
...women — talk to women as much as you can. This is the best school. This is the way to gain fluency, because you need not care what you say, and had better...biography, for that is life without theory. Then fence. Talk an hour with your French master, but do not throw the burden of the conversation upon him. Give... | |
 | James Hogg, Florence Marryat - 1871 - 822 oldal
...morning for your separate masters. Rise early and regularly, and read for three hours. Read the memoir of the Cardinal de Retz — the life of Richelieu...biography, for that is life without theory. Then fence. Talk one hour with your French master, but do not throw the burthen of your conversation on him,' &c.,... | |
 | Benjamin Disraeli - 1870 - 116 oldal
...— the life of Richelieu — every thing about Napoleon — read works of that kind. Strelamb will prepare you a list. Read no history — nothing but...biography, for that is life without theory. Then fence. Talk an hour with your French master, but do not throw the burden of the conversation upon him. Give... | |
 | Blanchard Jerrold - 1872 - 502 oldal
...things. " Talk to women as much as you can. This is the best school. This is the way to gain fluency, because you need not care what you say, and had better...biography, for that is life without theory. Then fence. Talk an hour with your French master, but do not throw the burden of the conversation upon him. Give... | |
 | Benjamin Disraeli (earl of Beaconsfield.) - 1871 - 728 oldal
...Every gentleman should be a perfect cavalier. You shall have your own groom and horses, and I wish yon to ride regularly every day. ' As you are to be at...biography, for that is life without theory. Then fence. Talk an hour with your French master, but do not throw the burden of the conversation upon him. Give... | |
 | United Service Institution of India - 1921 - 822 oldal
...greatest interest, both from a historical and biographical point of view. The author quotes the passage “Read no history, nothing but biography, for that is life without theory”, and although readers will probably not endorse that di¿tum in its entirety, it may be agreed that... | |
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I wish you to ride regularly every day. "As you are to be at home for so short a time, and for other reasons, I think it better that you should not have a tutor in the house. Parcel out your morning then for your separate masters. Rise early and regularly... 
