Gossip about Letters and Letter-writersEdmonston and Douglas, 1873 - 256 pages |
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... Centuries , . Published Correspondence of Eminent Individuals : — I. France , II . England , Letters in Modern Biographies , Quaint and Pithy Letters , Laconic Letters , Business and Official Letters , Love - Letters , · Juvenile ...
... Centuries , . Published Correspondence of Eminent Individuals : — I. France , II . England , Letters in Modern Biographies , Quaint and Pithy Letters , Laconic Letters , Business and Official Letters , Love - Letters , · Juvenile ...
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... 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.
... 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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... 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 Antiquaries . Most of them were written by or to ...
... 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 Antiquaries . Most of them were written by or to ...
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... century . It affords abundant evidence . of the ability and intelligence of the writer , and contains some very graphic descriptions of the historical events and personages of that eventful period . Towards the middle of the same cen ...
... century . It affords abundant evidence . of the ability and intelligence of the writer , and contains some very graphic descriptions of the historical events and personages of that eventful period . Towards the middle of the same cen ...
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... hath been pleasing in your ears , then let me obtain this request , and I will so leave to trouble your Grace any further , with mine earnest prayers to the Trinity to have your B 18 Sixteenth Century Letters . Grace in his good keeping.
... hath been pleasing in your ears , then let me obtain this request , and I will so leave to trouble your Grace any further , with mine earnest prayers to the Trinity to have your B 18 Sixteenth Century Letters . Grace in his good keeping.
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