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Pagina 45
I have never understood why critics should still stamp on her grave for it ; as if we could still , like her contemporaries , regard Piozzi as impossible for the four not very valid reasons that he was obscure , a musician , an Italian ...
I have never understood why critics should still stamp on her grave for it ; as if we could still , like her contemporaries , regard Piozzi as impossible for the four not very valid reasons that he was obscure , a musician , an Italian ...
Pagina 131
... fervent worship of the Graces ) ; strict in manners , but often loose in morals ; light in style , yet never laughing , never losing his temper , never except in closest intimacy ( if even then ) giving away his private thoughts .
... fervent worship of the Graces ) ; strict in manners , but often loose in morals ; light in style , yet never laughing , never losing his temper , never except in closest intimacy ( if even then ) giving away his private thoughts .
Pagina 156
Clean your teeth properly ; cut your nails properly ; use your handker- chief properly ; and never laugh . ( A gentleman never laughs ; the noise is ' disagreeable ' , and the distortion ' shocking ' . Chesterfield himself has never ...
Clean your teeth properly ; cut your nails properly ; use your handker- chief properly ; and never laugh . ( A gentleman never laughs ; the noise is ' disagreeable ' , and the distortion ' shocking ' . Chesterfield himself has never ...
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