The Search for Good Sense: Four Eighteenth Century Characters: Johnson, Chesterfield, Boswell [and] GoldsmithMacmillan, 1961 - 354 pagini |
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Pagina 81
... gave him a piece of excellent advice — ' to obtain some general principles in every science ; he who can talk only on one subject , or act only in one department , is seldom wanted and , perhaps , never wished for ' . For many , such ...
... gave him a piece of excellent advice — ' to obtain some general principles in every science ; he who can talk only on one subject , or act only in one department , is seldom wanted and , perhaps , never wished for ' . For many , such ...
Pagina 172
... gave a warmth of affection that was beyond Chesterfield . Chesterfield gave endless advice ; but he never gave real loving - kindness ; he never gave him- self . However well - meaning , he rode on his son's back as mercilessly as the ...
... gave a warmth of affection that was beyond Chesterfield . Chesterfield gave endless advice ; but he never gave real loving - kindness ; he never gave him- self . However well - meaning , he rode on his son's back as mercilessly as the ...
Pagina 236
... gave me a prudent , cold , evasive answer , I would set sail for America and become a wild Indian . ' ( Boswell was furious at this time because his father , in his quieter , more resolute way , was now also bent on marriage . ) July 25 ...
... gave me a prudent , cold , evasive answer , I would set sail for America and become a wild Indian . ' ( Boswell was furious at this time because his father , in his quieter , more resolute way , was now also bent on marriage . ) July 25 ...
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The EighteenthCentury Mind PAGE | 1 |
Johnson | 25 |
Lord Chesterfield | 129 |
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