Gossip about Letters and Letter-writersEdmonston and Douglas, 1873 - 256 pages |
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... celebrated antiquary of the eighteenth century . The authenticity of these letters , which long formed a subject of contro- versy , has now been fully established by the recent elaborate investigations of the London Society of ...
... celebrated antiquary of the eighteenth century . The authenticity of these letters , which long formed a subject of contro- versy , has now been fully established by the recent elaborate investigations of the London Society of ...
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... - continued correspond- ence which embraces the greater proportion of her celebrated letters . To read your letters , ' she tells her daughter , ' and to write to you , is " 32 Characteristics of the chief business of my life ;
... - continued correspond- ence which embraces the greater proportion of her celebrated letters . To read your letters , ' she tells her daughter , ' and to write to you , is " 32 Characteristics of the chief business of my life ;
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... celebrated French letter - writers , I may mention the names of Cardinal Mazarin , 1 Antonin Nompar de Chumont , Marquis de Puiguilhem , depuis Duc de Lauzun . 2 Gaston , Duke of Orleans , brother of Louis XIII . 3 For the original of ...
... celebrated French letter - writers , I may mention the names of Cardinal Mazarin , 1 Antonin Nompar de Chumont , Marquis de Puiguilhem , depuis Duc de Lauzun . 2 Gaston , Duke of Orleans , brother of Louis XIII . 3 For the original of ...
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... celebrated English letter- writers whose correspondence has been given to the world . It must be candidly acknow- ledged that the intrinsic value of a large pro- portion of these epistles is comparatively slight , their chief interest ...
... celebrated English letter- writers whose correspondence has been given to the world . It must be candidly acknow- ledged that the intrinsic value of a large pro- portion of these epistles is comparatively slight , their chief interest ...
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... celebrated letter - writers to whom I intend to refer the selection of one or two letters from a large correspondence as suitable specimens of the writer's style , is , of course , a very difficult , if not an impossible task -and in ...
... celebrated letter - writers to whom I intend to refer the selection of one or two letters from a large correspondence as suitable specimens of the writer's style , is , of course , a very difficult , if not an impossible task -and in ...
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