Gossip about Letters and Letter-writersEdmonston and Douglas, 1870 - 256 pages |
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Page 13
... tell their tale in the plain and uncouth phrase of the time ; they aim not at shining by art or eloquence , and bespeak credit by total carelessness of correc- tion and ornament . ' AGNES PASTON TO HER SON . TO MY WELL - BELOVED SON ...
... tell their tale in the plain and uncouth phrase of the time ; they aim not at shining by art or eloquence , and bespeak credit by total carelessness of correc- tion and ornament . ' AGNES PASTON TO HER SON . TO MY WELL - BELOVED SON ...
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... tell you of the most astounding , the most surprising , the most marvellous , the most miracu- lous , the most ... tell you ; guess it ; I give you three guesses . Do you give it up ? ( Jetez - vous votre langue Contemplated Marriage ...
... tell you of the most astounding , the most surprising , the most marvellous , the most miracu- lous , the most ... tell you ; guess it ; I give you three guesses . Do you give it up ? ( Jetez - vous votre langue Contemplated Marriage ...
Page 35
... tell you . -- 35 On Sunday M. de Lauzun1 is to marry at the Louvre - whom do you think ? I give you four guesses , I give you ten , I give you a hundred ! Madame de Coulanges says this should not be difficult to find out . ' Tis Mme ...
... tell you . -- 35 On Sunday M. de Lauzun1 is to marry at the Louvre - whom do you think ? I give you four guesses , I give you ten , I give you a hundred ! Madame de Coulanges says this should not be difficult to find out . ' Tis Mme ...
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... consistent . You must likewise tell her Grace that she is a general toast among all honest folks here ; and particularly at the Deanery , even in the face of my Whig subjects . ( After an ... Joseph Addison . 45 allusion to Pope , etc. )
... consistent . You must likewise tell her Grace that she is a general toast among all honest folks here ; and particularly at the Deanery , even in the face of my Whig subjects . ( After an ... Joseph Addison . 45 allusion to Pope , etc. )
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... tell you they will be no contemptible ac- quisition to a young beginner . You will not , I hope , for- get your way to Weston , in consequence of your marriage , where you and yours will be always welcome . Probably the largest ...
... tell you they will be no contemptible ac- quisition to a young beginner . You will not , I hope , for- get your way to Weston , in consequence of your marriage , where you and yours will be always welcome . Probably the largest ...
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Page 45 - Whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar but not coarse, and elegant but not ostentatious, must give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison...
Page 79 - I had exhausted all the art of pleasing which a retired and uncourtly scholar can possess. I had done all that I could; and no man is well pleased to have his all neglected, be it ever so little.
Page 2 - And he wrote in the letter, saying, Set ye Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle, and retire ye from him, that he may be smitten, and die.
Page 17 - Try me, good king, but let me have a lawful trial, and let not my sworn enemies sit as my accusers and judges ; yea, let me receive an open trial, for my truth shall fear no open shame...
Page 4 - JAMES, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting.
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Page 224 - Vous n'y êtes pas. Il faut donc à la fin vous le dire: il épouse, dimanche au Louvre, avec la permission du roi, mademoiselle, mademoiselle de ... mademoiselle : devinez le nom ; il épouse Mademoiselle, ma foi ! par ma foi!
Page 67 - I was in doubt when I got it into my hand whether I should not, in the first place, apply it to his pate ; but a rap at the street-door made the wretch fly to it, and when I returned to the parlour, he introduced me, as if nothing of the kind had happened, to the gentleman who entered, as Mr. Goldsmith, his most ingenious and worthy friend, of whom he had so often heard him speak with rapture. I could scarcely compose myself ; and must have betrayed indignation in my mien to the stranger, who was...
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