Gossip about Letters and Letter-writersEdmonston and Douglas, 1873 - 256 pages |
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... less dignified style of closing with the writer's sig- nature , the Romans began their letters with a præloquium , or address , which embraced the name of the writer as well as that of the per- son to whom the letter was written.1 Thus ...
... less dignified style of closing with the writer's sig- nature , the Romans began their letters with a præloquium , or address , which embraced the name of the writer as well as that of the per- son to whom the letter was written.1 Thus ...
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... less familiar . Penned without premedi- tation , the inspiration of the moment - racy , fluent , and natural ; here gay and joyous , there serious and grave , full of the most charming detail without being tedious , genial and good ...
... less familiar . Penned without premedi- tation , the inspiration of the moment - racy , fluent , and natural ; here gay and joyous , there serious and grave , full of the most charming detail without being tedious , genial and good ...
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... manners of our English neigh- bours during the fifteenth century . The art- less writers of these letters , ' says Sir John Fenn , Paston Correspondence . 13 ' here communicate their private affairs Old English Letters,
... manners of our English neigh- bours during the fifteenth century . The art- less writers of these letters , ' says Sir John Fenn , Paston Correspondence . 13 ' here communicate their private affairs Old English Letters,
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... less than make him an archdeacon . The man has but one weakness , that of preferring the Ork- neys to all the earth . This way , and no other , you have a chance for salva- tion . Do this man good , and he will pray for you . This will ...
... less than make him an archdeacon . The man has but one weakness , that of preferring the Ork- neys to all the earth . This way , and no other , you have a chance for salva- tion . Do this man good , and he will pray for you . This will ...
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... less a personage than William Cobbett , who had formerly filled the office of sergeant - major in the regiment to which the three ' culprits ' belonged . He thus proceeds : — ' I can only now annex a copy of Sir Charles Gould's letter ...
... less a personage than William Cobbett , who had formerly filled the office of sergeant - major in the regiment to which the three ' culprits ' belonged . He thus proceeds : — ' I can only now annex a copy of Sir Charles Gould's letter ...
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