Gossip about Letters and Letter-writersEdmonston and Douglas, 1873 - 256 pages |
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Page 6
... desire to avoid prolixity , he becomes obscurely brief— ' Brevis esse laboro - Obscurus fio- ' every approach to gossip or sentiment is studi- ously avoided , and he produces a cold , bald , formal outline , without a vestige of either ...
... desire to avoid prolixity , he becomes obscurely brief— ' Brevis esse laboro - Obscurus fio- ' every approach to gossip or sentiment is studi- ously avoided , and he produces a cold , bald , formal outline , without a vestige of either ...
Page 16
... desire . If , then , you found me worthy of such honour , good your Grace , let not any light fancy , or bad counsel of mine enemies , withdraw your princely favour from me ; neither let that stain , that unworthy stain , of a disloyal ...
... desire . If , then , you found me worthy of such honour , good your Grace , let not any light fancy , or bad counsel of mine enemies , withdraw your princely favour from me ; neither let that stain , that unworthy stain , of a disloyal ...
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... desire of God , that he will pardon your great sin therein , and likewise mine enemies , the instruments thereof , and that he will not call you to a strict account for your unprincely and cruel usage of me , at his general judgment ...
... desire of God , that he will pardon your great sin therein , and likewise mine enemies , the instruments thereof , and that he will not call you to a strict account for your unprincely and cruel usage of me , at his general judgment ...
Page 33
... desire to hear and read , gives a certain mannerism , I will not say air of effort , even to the letters of Madame de Sévigné . . . . Her wit and talent of painting by single touches are very eminent . Scarcely any collection of letters ...
... desire to hear and read , gives a certain mannerism , I will not say air of effort , even to the letters of Madame de Sévigné . . . . Her wit and talent of painting by single touches are very eminent . Scarcely any collection of letters ...
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... the prospect of your future happiness , or more unfeignedly desires a long continuance of it . I hope you will think it but just that a man who will certainly be spoken of as 42 Jonathan Swift . your admirer after he is dead.
... the prospect of your future happiness , or more unfeignedly desires a long continuance of it . I hope you will think it but just that a man who will certainly be spoken of as 42 Jonathan Swift . your admirer after he is dead.
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