Gossip about Letters and Letter-writersEdmonston and Douglas, 1873 - 256 pages |
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... Character of Correspondence , . Old English Letters , Scottish Correspondence of Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries , . Published Correspondence of Eminent Individuals : — I. France , II . England , Letters in Modern Biographies ...
... Character of Correspondence , . Old English Letters , Scottish Correspondence of Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries , . Published Correspondence of Eminent Individuals : — I. France , II . England , Letters in Modern Biographies ...
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... Character from Handwriting , Moral , · PAGE 176 181 185 192 195 204 209 217 221 APPENDIX . No. I. Madame de Sévigné à M. de Coulanges , II . Spanish Letter - Descriptive of Scotland and James IV . , • III . Letter to a Beautiful Woman ...
... Character from Handwriting , Moral , · PAGE 176 181 185 192 195 204 209 217 221 APPENDIX . No. I. Madame de Sévigné à M. de Coulanges , II . Spanish Letter - Descriptive of Scotland and James IV . , • III . Letter to a Beautiful Woman ...
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... character of the materials em- ployed for writing , the state of society was such that correspondence ' was not con- sidered necessary . Formal , stately , and even elegant epistles were , no doubt , frequently in- dited - usually with ...
... character of the materials em- ployed for writing , the state of society was such that correspondence ' was not con- sidered necessary . Formal , stately , and even elegant epistles were , no doubt , frequently in- dited - usually with ...
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... there followed , as a P.P.S. , immediately afterwards : — ' Who has won the wager - you or I ? ' A certain class of peculiarly aggravating correspondents are not satisfied with a com- ΙΟ Altered Character of Letters . bination of the two.
... there followed , as a P.P.S. , immediately afterwards : — ' Who has won the wager - you or I ? ' A certain class of peculiarly aggravating correspondents are not satisfied with a com- ΙΟ Altered Character of Letters . bination of the two.
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... Character of Correspondence . In the present age of bustle and excitement , the tendency on the part of the male sex to abandon the practice of friendly letter - writing is probably on the increase , and it is to be feared that the more ...
... Character of Correspondence . In the present age of bustle and excitement , the tendency on the part of the male sex to abandon the practice of friendly letter - writing is probably on the increase , and it is to be feared that the more ...
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