Gossip about Letters and Letter-writersEdmonston and Douglas, 1873 - 256 pages |
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... hope that his lucubrations may be considered not unworthy of publication , he has ventured to put them into their present shape , along with a large amount of additional matter . ST . BENNET'S , Edinburgh , Christmas Day , 1869 ...
... hope that his lucubrations may be considered not unworthy of publication , he has ventured to put them into their present shape , along with a large amount of additional matter . ST . BENNET'S , Edinburgh , Christmas Day , 1869 ...
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... hope he will be damned . ' It must be acknowledged that the somewhat strong language of the indignant subaltern was , to a certain extent , justified by the utter falsity of the extraordinary charges - the motive for which I have been ...
... hope he will be damned . ' It must be acknowledged that the somewhat strong language of the indignant subaltern was , to a certain extent , justified by the utter falsity of the extraordinary charges - the motive for which I have been ...
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... delighted with 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.
... delighted with 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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... hope . The letters of another poet - Cowper ( b . 1731 , d . 1800 ) are regarded by many persons as the most delightful correspondence in the English language . Remarkable for their combination 54 Characteristics of of good sense and ...
... hope . The letters of another poet - Cowper ( b . 1731 , d . 1800 ) are regarded by many persons as the most delightful correspondence in the English language . Remarkable for their combination 54 Characteristics of of good sense and ...
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... hope , for- get your way to Weston , in consequence of your marriage , where you and yours will be always welcome . Probably the largest published correspond- ence in the English language , and the last to which I shall refer at any ...
... hope , for- get your way to Weston , in consequence of your marriage , where you and yours will be always welcome . Probably the largest published correspond- ence in the English language , and the last to which I shall refer at any ...
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