Practical Morality, Or, A Guide to Men and Manners: Consisting of Lord Chesterfields' Advice to His Son ; to which is Added, a Supplement Containing Extracts from Various Books, Recommended by Lord Chesterfield to Mr. Stanhope ; Together with The Polite Philosopher, Or an Essay on the Art which Makes a Man Happy in Himself, and Agreeable to Others ; to which is Added, Dr. Blair's Advice to Youth, Dr. Fordyce On Honour as a Principle, Lord Burghley's Ten Precepts to His Son, Dr. Franklin's Way to Wealth, and Pope's Universal PrayerJ. Walker, 1813 - 255 Seiten |
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