Gossip about Letters and Letter-writersEdmonston and Douglas, 1873 - 256 pages |
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... Characteristic Epistles , • V. Katey's Letter , by Lady Dufferin , VI . ' Hout awa ! it's the 11th February , ' VII . Do you Burn your Letters yet ? INDEX , . 223 225 233 236 239 · 240 243 249 ' BLEST be the man ! his memory at least.
... Characteristic Epistles , • V. Katey's Letter , by Lady Dufferin , VI . ' Hout awa ! it's the 11th February , ' VII . Do you Burn your Letters yet ? INDEX , . 223 225 233 236 239 · 240 243 249 ' BLEST be the man ! his memory at least.
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... ladies in respect to graphic description and liveliness of touch . Of course , I do not refer to dry , matter - of - fact , business letters , on legal , commercial , or scien- tific subjects — to be afterwards noticed , —in the ...
... ladies in respect to graphic description and liveliness of touch . Of course , I do not refer to dry , matter - of - fact , business letters , on legal , commercial , or scien- tific subjects — to be afterwards noticed , —in the ...
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... lady's letter - writing , at p . 96 of Lord Lindsay's recently published Memoir of Lady Anna Mackenzie , Countess of Balcarres and Argyll . Crossed Letters . 7 Crossing and Postscripts . It must.
... lady's letter - writing , at p . 96 of Lord Lindsay's recently published Memoir of Lady Anna Mackenzie , Countess of Balcarres and Argyll . Crossed Letters . 7 Crossing and Postscripts . It must.
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... ladies ' letters frequently exhibit two highly objectionable features , in the shape of Crossing and Postscripts . Except , perhaps , in the case of a wife or lover -whose expression of affection is , of course , quite inexhaustible ...
... ladies ' letters frequently exhibit two highly objectionable features , in the shape of Crossing and Postscripts . Except , perhaps , in the case of a wife or lover -whose expression of affection is , of course , quite inexhaustible ...
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... lady's letter ; but be this as it may , it can- not be denied that they might generally be rendered unnecessary by the exercise of a very small amount of previous reflection . I must candidly acknowledge , however , that the ladies are ...
... lady's letter ; but be this as it may , it can- not be denied that they might generally be rendered unnecessary by the exercise of a very small amount of previous reflection . I must candidly acknowledge , however , that the ladies are ...
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