Gossip about Letters and Letter-writersEdmonston and Douglas, 1873 - 256 pages |
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... course , I do not refer to dry , matter - of - fact , business letters , on legal , commercial , or scien- tific subjects — to be afterwards noticed , —in the composition of which the male sex may reason- ably be expected to be most ...
... course , I do not refer to dry , matter - of - fact , business letters , on legal , commercial , or scien- tific subjects — to be afterwards noticed , —in the composition of which the male sex may reason- ably be expected to be most ...
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... course , quite inexhaustible - the practice of crossing letters ought to be universally condemned- more especially in these days of cheap paper and postage ; and when occasionally resorted to , a different coloured ink from that in the ...
... course , quite inexhaustible - the practice of crossing letters ought to be universally condemned- more especially in these days of cheap paper and postage ; and when occasionally resorted to , a different coloured ink from that in the ...
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... course , venture to recommend it as a model to the affectionate wives of Great Britain and Ireland : - -- ' Je vous écris parceque je n'ai rien à faire ; Je finis parceque je n'ai rien à dire . ' Postscripts , again , have been somewhat ...
... course , venture to recommend it as a model to the affectionate wives of Great Britain and Ireland : - -- ' Je vous écris parceque je n'ai rien à faire ; Je finis parceque je n'ai rien à dire . ' Postscripts , again , have been somewhat ...
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... course , a derivative one , from their intimate relation to persons of eminent talent . ' Pope's literary correspondence , ' says De Quincey , ' with the wits , courtiers , and men of fashion of his day , is interesting as a model of ...
... course , a derivative one , from their intimate relation to persons of eminent talent . ' Pope's literary correspondence , ' says De Quincey , ' with the wits , courtiers , and men of fashion of his day , is interesting as a model of ...
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... course , a very difficult , if not an impossible task -and in some instances , I fear , an erroneous impression may be formed from the examples introduced . At the same time , however , I may Letter to Mrs. Fermor . 4I state that I have.
... course , a very difficult , if not an impossible task -and in some instances , I fear , an erroneous impression may be formed from the examples introduced . At the same time , however , I may Letter to Mrs. Fermor . 4I state that I have.
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