The GentlemanTicknor and Fields, 1863 - 159 páginas |
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... Prince of Orange ; and Don John of Aus- tria , though hating all heretics , was won by his manners and attainments . For a time he rep- resented his native county in Parliament ; and , finally , in 1586 , he joined his uncle , the Earl ...
... Prince of Orange ; and Don John of Aus- tria , though hating all heretics , was won by his manners and attainments . For a time he rep- resented his native county in Parliament ; and , finally , in 1586 , he joined his uncle , the Earl ...
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... Prince of Wales , as Prince Regent , as King , he showed himself to be the commonest metal glaringly plated , gor- geously gilt . He lacked earnestness and moral inwardness . There were no depths in him of evil or of good . Had he not ...
... Prince of Wales , as Prince Regent , as King , he showed himself to be the commonest metal glaringly plated , gor- geously gilt . He lacked earnestness and moral inwardness . There were no depths in him of evil or of good . Had he not ...
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... Prince Regent was admired as a model gentleman . The dy- nasty of Chesterfield had not yet been sup- planted . The Prince Regent was indeed a regal realization of the Chesterfieldian ideal , according to which , hypocrisy was the law ...
... Prince Regent was admired as a model gentleman . The dy- nasty of Chesterfield had not yet been sup- planted . The Prince Regent was indeed a regal realization of the Chesterfieldian ideal , according to which , hypocrisy was the law ...
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... Prince , especially a Crown - Prince , lacks fulcrums whereon to adjust the lever of his abilities , PRINCES . 45.
... Prince , especially a Crown - Prince , lacks fulcrums whereon to adjust the lever of his abilities , PRINCES . 45.
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... Prince meets yielding cushions ; so that his move- ments are more like falls than self - achieved ascensions ; until , - unless he be stiffened by rare rugged energy , or winged by genius , - he ceases to make efforts ; and forces ...
... Prince meets yielding cushions ; so that his move- ments are more like falls than self - achieved ascensions ; until , - unless he be stiffened by rare rugged energy , or winged by genius , - he ceases to make efforts ; and forces ...
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