You have heard me called a flatterer," he said to Matthew Arnold, "and it is true. Everyone likes flattery; and when you come to royalty you should lay it on with a trowel. Queen Victoria - Página 347por Lytton Strachey - 1921 - 434 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Connie Robertson - 1998 - 686 páginas
...is regular in his attendance at the House of Commons until he is married. 2905 (to Matthew Arnold) that of loving longest, when existence or when hope is gone. 650 Pride and Prejudice It i 2906 Never complain and never explain. 2907 Party is organized opinlon. 2908 I will not go down to... | |
| David Crystal, Hilary Crystal - 2000 - 604 páginas
...truth inspires, and they must honour thee. George Crabbe, 1807, The Birth of Flattery, 230 ! t: 1n Everyone likes flattery; and when you come to Royalty you should lay it on with a troweL Benjamin Disraeli (who attributed the remark to Matthew Arnold), ipth century, quoted in GWE Russell,... | |
| John Clarke, Jasper Godwin Ridley - 2000 - 126 páginas
...returned to office in 1874 for his second term as premier, which lasted for six years. He told a friend: 'Everyone likes flattery, and when you come to royalty, you should lay it on with a trowel.' He spoke and wrote to the Queen in the most exaggerated and fulsome language; but it was not too exaggerated... | |
| John W. Wohlfarth - 2001 - 409 páginas
...he ultimately achieved. He raised himself to the head of the aristocratic party in English politics. 'You have heard me called a flatterer,' he said to...come to royalty you should lay it on with a trowel.' To her majesty, he assured her: 'In life, one must have for one's thoughts a sacred depository, and... | |
| Herb Galewitz - 2001 - 68 páginas
...DEUTERONOMY 8:3 Composers shouldn't think too much — it interferes with their plagiarism. HOWARD DIETZ Everyone likes flattery; and when you come to royalty you should lay it on with a trowel. Talk to a man about himself and he will listen for hours. Description is always a bore, both to the... | |
| Egon Diczfalusy - 2001 - 180 páginas
...indicate the themes of the roundtable. "Imitation is the most sincere form of flattery. " Oscar Wilde "Everyone likes flattery; and when you come to royalty you should lay it on with a trowel. " GWE Russell. Collections and Recollections. Chap. 23 As a complement to Prof. Diczfalusy's presence... | |
| Robin Eagles - 2002 - 544 páginas
...XIII You have accused me of being a flatterer. It is true. I am a flatterer. I have found it useful. Everyone likes flattery; and when you come to Royalty you should lay it on with a trowel. • • Benjamin Disraeli, speaking to Matthew Arnold c.1880, in GWE Russell. Collections and Reconectóos... | |
| Richard Stengel - 2002 - 326 páginas
...ministers use flattery, they must not stint at all. "Everyone likes flattery," he told Matthew Arnold, "and when you come to royalty you should lay it on with a trowel." Cardinal Richelieu was a famous user of flattery to manipulate weak kings, and he was a famous sucker... | |
| Joseph J. Zealberg, Alberto B. Santos, Jackie A. Puckett - 2003 - 312 páginas
...MENTALLY RETARDED, AGORAPHOBICS, AND VIP PATIENTS I am become a stranger unto my brethen. -Psalm 69 Everyone likes flattery; and when you come to Royalty you should lay it on with a trowel. — Benjamin Disraeli THE HOMELESS MENTALLY ILL THE HOMELESSNESS of many persons with chronic mental... | |
| Harvey Eugene Lehman - 2005 - 505 páginas
...raised to Earl of Beaconsfield) could do no wrong. He explained, "You have heard me called a flatterer, and it is true. Everyone likes flattery, and when...come to Royalty, you should lay it on with a trowel." England's involvement in the Crimean War (1853-1856) was an almost Crusade-like altercation between... | |
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