 | Nathan Drake - 1809 - 524 pàgines
...without wisdom, without gaiety, without news, and without a secret, is, doubtless, the great epistolick art. • " In a man's letters, you know, Madam, his soul lies naked ; his letters are only the mirrour of his breast; whatever passes within him, isshown undisguised in its natural process ; nothing... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1809 - 520 pàgines
...without wisdom, without gaiety, without news, and without a secret, is, doubtless, the great epistolick art. " In a man's letters, you know, Madam, his soul lies naked ; his letters are only the mirrour of his breast; whatever passes within him, is shown undisguised in its'natural process; nothing... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1809 - 530 pàgines
...without wisdom, without gaiety, without news, and without a secret, is, doubtless, the great epistolick art. " In a man's letters, you know, Madam, his soul lies naked ; his letters are only the mirrour of his breast;' whatever passes within him, is shown undisguised in its natural process; nothing... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 560 pàgines
...without gaiety, without news, and without a secret, is, doubtless, the great tpistolick art. In a man'« letters, you know, Madam, .his soul lies naked, his letters are only the mirrour of his breast ; whatever passes within him is shown undisguised in its natural process ; nothing... | |
 | James Field Stanfield - 1813 - 402 pàgines
...question, will appear from the following passage, in a tetter to Mrs. Thrale.— •• In a man's letters his soul lies naked ; his letters are only the mirror...systems in their elements ; you discover actions in theii motives," bly hope — nay, contend — that the fact is far from being general ; and even under... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 872 pàgines
...without wisdom, without gaiety, without news, and without a secret, is, doubtless, the great epistolick art. In a man's letters, you know, Madam, his soul lies naked, his letters are only the mirrour of his breast ; whatever passes within him is shewn undisguised in its natural process ; nothing... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 564 pàgines
...without wisdom, without gaiety, without news, and without a secret, is, doubtless, the great epistolick art. In a man's letters, you know, Madam, his soul lies naked, his letters are only the mirrour of his breast ; whatever passes within him is shewn undisguised in its natural process ; nothing... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1823 - 614 pàgines
...without wisdom, without gaiety, without news, and without a secret, is, doubtless, the great epistolick art. In a man's letters, you know, Madam, his soul lies naked, his1 letters are only the mirrour of his breast ; whatever passes within him is shewn undisguised in... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1824 - 692 pàgines
...himself." And on another occasion he has observed, that " in a man's letters his soul lies naked ; they are only the mirror of his breast ; whatever passes...natural process ; nothing is inverted, nothing distorted ; systems appear in their elements, actions are discovered in their motives." An opinion which seems... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Roscoe - 1824 - 694 pàgines
...himself." And on another occasion he has observed, that " in a man's letters his soul lies naked ; they are only the mirror of his breast ; whatever passes...process ; nothing is inverted, nothing distorted; systems appear in their elements, actions are discovered in their motives." An opinion which seems... | |
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In a man's letters, you know, madam, his soul lies naked, his letters are only the mirror of his breast ; whatever passes within him, is shown, undisguised, in its natural process ; nothing is inverted, nothing distorted : you see systems in their elements... 
