Gossip about Letters and Letter-writersEdmonston and Douglas, 1873 - 256 pages |
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... Correspondence , . Old English Letters , Scottish Correspondence of Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries , . Published Correspondence of Eminent Individuals : — I. France , II . England , Letters in Modern Biographies , Quaint and Pithy ...
... Correspondence , . Old English Letters , Scottish Correspondence of Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries , . Published Correspondence of Eminent Individuals : — I. France , II . England , Letters in Modern Biographies , Quaint and Pithy ...
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... correspondence ' was not con- sidered necessary . Formal , stately , and even elegant epistles were , no doubt , frequently in- dited - usually with the view of conveying in- struction ; but these old - world productions do not bear the ...
... correspondence ' was not con- sidered necessary . Formal , stately , and even elegant epistles were , no doubt , frequently in- dited - usually with the view of conveying in- struction ; but these old - world productions do not bear the ...
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... correspondence , I pre- sume it will be universally admitted that , apart from other characteristics , the sex of a letter- writer may generally be inferred from the style . If the epistles of the ' Lords of Creation ' are more precise ...
... correspondence , I pre- sume it will be universally admitted that , apart from other characteristics , the sex of a letter- writer may generally be inferred from the style . If the epistles of the ' Lords of Creation ' are more precise ...
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... correspondence is , moreover , generally very limited , and he is too glad to allow his wife or his daughter to wield the pen on his behalf.1 1 See some interesting criticism on a lady's letter - writing , at p . 96 of Lord Lindsay's ...
... correspondence is , moreover , generally very limited , and he is too glad to allow his wife or his daughter to wield the pen on his behalf.1 1 See some interesting criticism on a lady's letter - writing , at p . 96 of Lord Lindsay's ...
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... 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 artificial ...
... 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 artificial ...
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