The Beauties of ChesterfieldC. Ewer, 1828 - 261 oldal |
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1 - 5 találat összesen 18 találatból.
5. oldal
... live in intima- cy . He takes no part in the general conversa- tion ; but , on the contrary , breaks into it , from time to time , with some start of his own , as if he waked from a dream . This ( as I said be- fore ) is a sure ...
... live in intima- cy . He takes no part in the general conversa- tion ; but , on the contrary , breaks into it , from time to time , with some start of his own , as if he waked from a dream . This ( as I said be- fore ) is a sure ...
11. oldal
... live in a constant course of practical lying , and in the absurd and sanguine hopes of passing undetected . Fatuus , the most consummate coxcomb of this or any other age or country , has parts enough to have excelled in almost any one ...
... live in a constant course of practical lying , and in the absurd and sanguine hopes of passing undetected . Fatuus , the most consummate coxcomb of this or any other age or country , has parts enough to have excelled in almost any one ...
16. oldal
... lives in the incatenation of fleas , or the curious sculpture of cherry stones ; while others , whose thirst of knowledge leads them to investigate the secrets of nature , spend years in their elaboratory , in pursuit of the ...
... lives in the incatenation of fleas , or the curious sculpture of cherry stones ; while others , whose thirst of knowledge leads them to investigate the secrets of nature , spend years in their elaboratory , in pursuit of the ...
36. oldal
... live standing army to this , they are consider- ations of a private nature , and must not weigh against so general and public a good . To the pleasant squire I reply , that this army will stand its own fire very well ; which is all that ...
... live standing army to this , they are consider- ations of a private nature , and must not weigh against so general and public a good . To the pleasant squire I reply , that this army will stand its own fire very well ; which is all that ...
38. oldal
... live men , of the height , proportions , and tremendous aspects , that I propose these should be of . But the annual saving will be so considerable , that I will ap- peal to every sensible and impartial man in the kingdom , if he does ...
... live men , of the height , proportions , and tremendous aspects , that I propose these should be of . But the annual saving will be so considerable , that I will ap- peal to every sensible and impartial man in the kingdom , if he does ...
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251. oldal - People easily pardon, in young men, the common irregularities of the senses ; but they do not forgive the least vice of the heart. The heart never grows better by age ; I fear rather worse, always harder. A young liar will be an old one, and a young knave will only be a greater knave as he grows older. But should a bad young heart, accompanied with a good head, (which, by the way, very seldom is the case,) really reform in a more advanced age from a consciousness of its folly, as well as of its guilt,...
221. oldal - Marlborough possessed the graces in the highest degree, not to say engrossed them ; for I will venture (contrary to the custom of profound historians, who always assign deep causes for great events) to ascribe the better half of the Duke of Marlborough's greatness and riches to those graces.
85. oldal - I never saw him disguised with liquor in my life. It is true, he is a very large man, and can hold a great deal, which makes the colonel call him, pleasantly enough, a vessel of election.
216. oldal - ... respect, he is exactly the same to his superiors, his equals, and his inferiors ; and therefore, by a necessary consequence, absurd to two of the three. Is it possible to love such a man ? No. The utmost I can do for him, is to consider him as a respectable Hottentot.
5. oldal - What is commonly called an absent man, is commonly either a very weak, or a very affected man ; but be he which he will, he is, I am sure, a very disagreeable man in company.
146. oldal - ... in re. He may possibly, by great accident, now and then succeed, when he has only weak and timid people to deal with ; but his general fate will be, to shock, offend, be hated, and fail. On the other hand...
260. oldal - Every moment may be put to some use, and that with much more pleasure than if unemployed. Do not imagine that by the employment of .time, I mean an uninterrupted application to serious studies. No; pleasures are, at proper times, both as necessary and as useful; they fashion and form you for the world ; they teach you characters, and show you the human heart in its unguarded minutes.