Gossip about Letters and Letter-writersEdmonston and Douglas, 1873 - 256 pages |
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... appear , and in whose judgment I doubt not ( whatsoever the world may think of me ) mine innocence shall be openly known and sufficiently cleared . ' My last and only request shall be , that myself may only bear the burden of your ...
... appear , and in whose judgment I doubt not ( whatsoever the world may think of me ) mine innocence shall be openly known and sufficiently cleared . ' My last and only request shall be , that myself may only bear the burden of your ...
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... appear to have particularly distinguished themselves in the department of correspon- dence . Towards the end of last century , the familiar epistles of Winckelmann were trans- lated into French , and published at Amsterdam in two ...
... appear to have particularly distinguished themselves in the department of correspon- dence . Towards the end of last century , the familiar epistles of Winckelmann were trans- lated into French , and published at Amsterdam in two ...
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... appears to have been ascertained that , like the letters of Miss Seward at a later period , it was manufactured with a view to pub- lication , and not composed of actual epistles addressed to the different persons whose names are given ...
... appears to have been ascertained that , like the letters of Miss Seward at a later period , it was manufactured with a view to pub- lication , and not composed of actual epistles addressed to the different persons whose names are given ...
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... appear to have been preserved . Although most of them were written at an early period of his life , they ex- hibit many evidences of that delightful humour which is more fully developed in the classic pages of the Spectator , -now ...
... appear to have been preserved . Although most of them were written at an early period of his life , they ex- hibit many evidences of that delightful humour which is more fully developed in the classic pages of the Spectator , -now ...
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... appears to have received a classical education . At the age of twenty - two ( 1712 ) , she married Mr. Edward Wortley Montagu , 1 ambassador to Con- stantinople , whom she accompanied to the East ; and on her journey , and during her ...
... appears to have received a classical education . At the age of twenty - two ( 1712 ) , she married Mr. Edward Wortley Montagu , 1 ambassador to Con- stantinople , whom she accompanied to the East ; and on her journey , and during her ...
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