Gossip about Letters and Letter-writersEdmonston and Douglas, 1873 - 256 pages |
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Page 23
... DEAR LORD , —I have allmost broke my head with conjectors about the caus of your silence . Was I your mistress , jealoucie had broke my heart ! What is the matter with you ? Is it business or love that hes in- gross'd you so entirlie ...
... DEAR LORD , —I have allmost broke my head with conjectors about the caus of your silence . Was I your mistress , jealoucie had broke my heart ! What is the matter with you ? Is it business or love that hes in- gross'd you so entirlie ...
Page 24
... DEAR SIR , -Having spent a long life in pursuit of pleasure and health , I am now retired from the world in poverty and with the gout ; so , joining with Solomon , that , ' all is vanity and vexation of spirit , ' I go to church and say ...
... DEAR SIR , -Having spent a long life in pursuit of pleasure and health , I am now retired from the world in poverty and with the gout ; so , joining with Solomon , that , ' all is vanity and vexation of spirit , ' I go to church and say ...
Page 42
... DEAR MR . GAY , -Welcome to your native soil ! wel- come to your friends ! thrice welcome to me ! whether returned in glory , blessed with Court interest , the love and familiarity of the great , and filled with agreeable hopes ; or ...
... DEAR MR . GAY , -Welcome to your native soil ! wel- come to your friends ! thrice welcome to me ! whether returned in glory , blessed with Court interest , the love and familiarity of the great , and filled with agreeable hopes ; or ...
Page 46
... DEAR SIR , -I was very sorry to hear in your last letter that you were so terribly afflicted with the gout , though for your comfort I believe you are the first English poet that has been complimented with the dis- temper . I was myself ...
... DEAR SIR , -I was very sorry to hear in your last letter that you were so terribly afflicted with the gout , though for your comfort I believe you are the first English poet that has been complimented with the dis- temper . I was myself ...
Page 52
... DEAR MASON , -Res est sacra miser ( says the poet ) , but I say it is the happy man that is the sacred thing , and therefore let the profane keep their distance . . . . I am returned from Scotland , charmed with my expedition ; it is of ...
... DEAR MASON , -Res est sacra miser ( says the poet ) , but I say it is the happy man that is the sacred thing , and therefore let the profane keep their distance . . . . I am returned from Scotland , charmed with my expedition ; it is of ...
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