Gossip about Letters and Letter-writersEdmonston and Douglas, 1873 - 256 pages |
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Page 7
... believe there are many persons who entertain such a wholesome aversion to crossed letters that they frequently cast them aside without attempting a perusal of their contents . In his Weekly Register for January 7 , 1826 , Cobbett ...
... believe there are many persons who entertain such a wholesome aversion to crossed letters that they frequently cast them aside without attempting a perusal of their contents . In his Weekly Register for January 7 , 1826 , Cobbett ...
Page 11
... power , as well as the graceful craft of letter - writing , for which the last century was famous , has waned . We believe that the result is partly attributable to the daily , nay I 2 Old English Letters . almost hourly , press.
... power , as well as the graceful craft of letter - writing , for which the last century was famous , has waned . We believe that the result is partly attributable to the daily , nay I 2 Old English Letters . almost hourly , press.
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... believe in Paris , so how will you believe it at Lyons ? —an affair which makes everybody exclaim with wonder ; an affair which delights Mme . de Rohan and Mme . de Hauterive ; an affair which , when it is accom- plished on Sunday , all ...
... believe in Paris , so how will you believe it at Lyons ? —an affair which makes everybody exclaim with wonder ; an affair which delights Mme . de Rohan and Mme . de Hauterive ; an affair which , when it is accom- plished on Sunday , all ...
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... believe you are the first English poet that has been complimented with the dis- temper . I was myself at that time sick of a fever , which I believe proceeded from the same cause ; but at present I am so well recovered that I can scarce ...
... believe you are the first English poet that has been complimented with the dis- temper . I was myself at that time sick of a fever , which I believe proceeded from the same cause ; but at present I am so well recovered that I can scarce ...
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... believe by this time you are afraid I shall carry you from room to room , and lead you through the whole palace ; truly , if I had not tired you already I could not forbear showing you a staircase that they say is the noblest in its ...
... believe by this time you are afraid I shall carry you from room to room , and lead you through the whole palace ; truly , if I had not tired you already I could not forbear showing you a staircase that they say is the noblest in its ...
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