How to Observe: Morals and MannersC. Knight and Company, 1838 - 238 էջ |
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... nation . Every man seems to imagine that he can understand men at a glance ; he supposes that it is enough to be ... nations among whom he has travelled ; no misgiving ever prompts him to say , " I can give you little general information ...
... nation . Every man seems to imagine that he can understand men at a glance ; he supposes that it is enough to be ... nations among whom he has travelled ; no misgiving ever prompts him to say , " I can give you little general information ...
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... nation , than his valet would be qualified to speak of the meteorology of the country from the number of times the umbrellas were wanted in the course of two months . His children might as well undertake to exhibit the geological ...
... nation , than his valet would be qualified to speak of the meteorology of the country from the number of times the umbrellas were wanted in the course of two months . His children might as well undertake to exhibit the geological ...
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... nation , the evil is not speedily or easily remediable . Abject thinkers , passive read- ers adopt his words ; parents repeat them to their children ; and townspeople spread the judgment into the villages and hamlets , the strongholds ...
... nation , the evil is not speedily or easily remediable . Abject thinkers , passive read- ers adopt his words ; parents repeat them to their children ; and townspeople spread the judgment into the villages and hamlets , the strongholds ...
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... nations may go on judging one another by themselves till doomsday without in any way improving the chance of self - advancement and mutual understanding . Going out with the disadvantage of a habit of mind uncoun- teracted by an ...
... nations may go on judging one another by themselves till doomsday without in any way improving the chance of self - advancement and mutual understanding . Going out with the disadvantage of a habit of mind uncoun- teracted by an ...
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... nation by a reference to the essentials of human hap- piness is to strike at once to the centre , and to see things as they are . SECTION II . Being provided with a conviction of what it is that he wants to know , the traveller must be ...
... nation by a reference to the essentials of human hap- piness is to strike at once to the centre , and to see things as they are . SECTION II . Being provided with a conviction of what it is that he wants to know , the traveller must be ...
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