 ... of the place, and spoke with acrimony and bitterness of the behaviour of some families in the neighbourhood ; quoted from Locke, and talked of Lord Chesterfield and his son, using, with reference to the latter, and to his father's endeavours to make...  Rose and Emily, Or, Sketches of Youth - Sivu 202tekijä(t) Mrs. Roberts (Margaret Wade) - 1812 - 297 sivuaKoko teos - Tietoja tästä kirjasta
 | Margaret Roberts - 1815 - 308 sivua
...both by precept and example, to make his booby son a polite man ; but it was all in vain. White-wash a red brick as much as you will, it is a red brick still, and at times will shew itself so ; so do these people, notwithstanding their fine dress,shew themselves to be of coarse materials, by... | |
 | 1861 - 316 sivua
...the latter, and to his father's endeavours to make him a fine gentleman, the expression, " whitewash a red brick as much as you will, it is a red brick still, and at times will show itself to be one." Music having been mentioned, she washed her hands at a mountain stream, and... | |
 | 1862 - 312 sivua
...the latter, and to his father's endeavours to make him a fine gentleman, the expression, " whitewash a red brick as much as you will, it is a red brick still, and at times will show itself to be one." Music having been mentioned, she washed her hands at a mountain stream, and... | |
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