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The Maxims, Experiences and Observations of Agogos (Classic Reprint) Charles William Day Դիտել հնարավոր չէ - 2018 |
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Էջ 3 - English, it will doubtless, as human nature is pretty much the same the world over, be found to contain much that is useful or suggestive to the new society into which the author has entered. " Those whom it touches not,
Էջ 40 - ... wound — to the self-love — of proud, inflated people ; but you must reckon on their haired, as they will never forgive you. VARIETIES. They — never/hi/, who di...
Էջ 70 - had his little hat on," no tailor, pugnacious as tailors naturally are, was more belligerent than he was. Over his ale he first became argumentative, then didactic, and, finally, abusive. He •was wont to irritate his companions in the tap of the little public-house by treading on the tender part which every man has in his character. He would tax Giles with being aporcher, — Robin with being caught in the fact of monopolizing all the eggs for his own use. Bob was accused of selling his master's...
Էջ 80 - ... tread on a scorpion instead of a worm, and receive a sting where they only anticipated the pleasure of...
Էջ 168 - The influence of example is a terrible responsibility on the shoulders of every individual. Each single drunkard, gambler, or