Gossip about Letters and Letter-writersEdmonston and Douglas, 1870 - 256 pages |
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Page 26
... in the preceding communication will probably remind the reader that even as late as the beginning of the present century the practice of swearing - now happily confined to a very An Indignant Epistle . 27 limited section of the community.
... in the preceding communication will probably remind the reader that even as late as the beginning of the present century the practice of swearing - now happily confined to a very An Indignant Epistle . 27 limited section of the community.
Page 70
... beginning of October . I shall stay here about a fortnight , and then seek a kindlier climate . This plaguy cough of mine seems to gain ground , and will bring me at last to my grave , in spite of all I can do ; but while I have ...
... beginning of October . I shall stay here about a fortnight , and then seek a kindlier climate . This plaguy cough of mine seems to gain ground , and will bring me at last to my grave , in spite of all I can do ; but while I have ...
Page 87
... beginning of the year 1834 , the genial friend and biographer of Lord Jeffrey pens a highly characteristic epistle to Mr. James Bridges , Writer to the Signet , who at that time held the post of agent for the Edinburgh ' Improvement ...
... beginning of the year 1834 , the genial friend and biographer of Lord Jeffrey pens a highly characteristic epistle to Mr. James Bridges , Writer to the Signet , who at that time held the post of agent for the Edinburgh ' Improvement ...
Page 119
... beginning of the year 1747 , and the ' angel ' to whom it is addressed was Lord Ogilvy's first wife , Margaret , daughter of Sir James Johnstone , Bart . , of Westerhall , who died ten years afterwards , at the early age of thirty ...
... beginning of the year 1747 , and the ' angel ' to whom it is addressed was Lord Ogilvy's first wife , Margaret , daughter of Sir James Johnstone , Bart . , of Westerhall , who died ten years afterwards , at the early age of thirty ...
Page 121
... beginning of the eighteenth century may be gathered from the imaginary epistles in the novels and essays of that period — more particularly the Tatler and the Spectator . The latter of these also contains several of Steele's actual ...
... beginning of the eighteenth century may be gathered from the imaginary epistles in the novels and essays of that period — more particularly the Tatler and the Spectator . The latter of these also contains several of Steele's actual ...
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