Sir Roger de CoverleyCrowell, 1892 - 44 էջ |
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Արդյունքներ 18–ի 1-ից 5-ը:
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... heard , I begin to blame my own taciturnity ; and since I have neither time nor inclination to communicate the fullness of my heart in speech , I am resolved to do it in writing ; and to print myself out , if possible , before I die . I ...
... heard , I begin to blame my own taciturnity ; and since I have neither time nor inclination to communicate the fullness of my heart in speech , I am resolved to do it in writing ; and to print myself out , if possible , before I die . I ...
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... heard him prove that diligence makes more lasting acquisitions than valor , and that sloth has ruined more na- tions than the sword . He abounds in several frugal maxims , amongst which the greatest favorite is , “ A penny saved is a ...
... heard him prove that diligence makes more lasting acquisitions than valor , and that sloth has ruined more na- tions than the sword . He abounds in several frugal maxims , amongst which the greatest favorite is , “ A penny saved is a ...
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... heard him often lament , that in a profession where merit is placed in so conspicu- ous a view , impudence should get the better of modesty . When he has talked to this purpose , I never heard him make a sour expression , but frankly ...
... heard him often lament , that in a profession where merit is placed in so conspicu- ous a view , impudence should get the better of modesty . When he has talked to this purpose , I never heard him make a sour expression , but frankly ...
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... heard the knight desiring them not to let me see them , for that I hated to be stared at . I am the more at ease in Sir Roger's family , because it con- sists of sober and staid persons ; for as the knight is the best master in the ...
... heard the knight desiring them not to let me see them , for that I hated to be stared at . I am the more at ease in Sir Roger's family , because it con- sists of sober and staid persons ; for as the knight is the best master in the ...
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... heard their master talk of me as of his particular friend . My chief companion , when Sir Roger is diverting himself in the woods or the fields , is a very venerable man who is ever with Sir Roger , and has lived at his house in the ...
... heard their master talk of me as of his particular friend . My chief companion , when Sir Roger is diverting himself in the woods or the fields , is a very venerable man who is ever with Sir Roger , and has lived at his house in the ...
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The Sir Roger de Coverley Papers from "The Spectator" Joseph Addison,Sir Richard Steele,Eustace Budgell Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1925 |
Sir Roger de Coverley Papers in the Spectator Joseph Addison,Sir Richard Steele,Eustace Budgell Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1906 |
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