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قراءة كتاب The 'Characters' of Jean de La Bruyère
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The 'Characters' of Jean de La Bruyère
الصفحة رقم: 1
THE “CHARACTERS”
OF
JEAN DE LA BRUYÈRE
NEWLY RENDERED INTO ENGLISH
By HENRI VAN LAUN
With an Introduction, a Biographical Memoir and Notes
ILLUSTRATED WITH TWENTY-FOUR ETCHINGS
By B. DAMMAN and V. FOULQUIER
LONDON
JOHN C. NIMMO
14, KING WILLIAM STREET, STRAND, W.C.
1885
CONTENTS.
PAGE | |
INTRODUCTION | 11 |
BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR | 26 |
PREFACE | i |
OF WORKS OF THE MIND | 7 |
OF PERSONAL MERIT | 39 |
OF WOMEN | 58 |
OF THE AFFECTIONS | 86 |
OF SOCIETY AND OF CONVERSATION | 100 |
OF THE GIFTS OF FORTUNE | 132 |
OF THE TOWN | 164 |
OF THE COURT | 183 |
OF THE GREAT | 221 |
OF THE SOVEREIGN AND THE STATE | 245 |
OF MANKIND | 271 |
OF OPINIONS | 328 |
OF FASHION | 377 |
OF CERTAIN CUSTOMS | 403 |
OF THE PULPIT | 442 |
OF FREETHINKERS | 459 |
LIST OF EMBELLISHMENTS.
Etchings—Portraits.
PAGE | |
JEAN DE LA BRUYÈRE | Frontispiece |
MONTAIGNE | 23 |
DESCARTES | 151 |
LE BRUN | 236 |
LOUIS XIV. | 270 |
WILLIAM III. | 374 |
BOSSUET | 453 |
Etchings—Vignettes.
PAGE | |
THE AUTHOR | i |
STUDY | 7 |
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