Gossip about Letters and Letter-writersEdmonston and Douglas, 1873 - 256 pages |
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George Seton. CONTENTS . Scriptural and Roman Letters , Characteristics of Male and Female Letter - writers ... writing , PAGE I 5 7 IO 12 19 28 39 76 84 ΙΟΙ 107 112 132 140 146 159 165 X Contents . Modes of Address and Superscriptions ...
George Seton. CONTENTS . Scriptural and Roman Letters , Characteristics of Male and Female Letter - writers ... writing , PAGE I 5 7 IO 12 19 28 39 76 84 ΙΟΙ 107 112 132 140 146 159 165 X Contents . Modes of Address and Superscriptions ...
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George Seton. LETTERS AND LETTER - WRITERS . N ancient times , the practice of letter- writing , in our modern sense of the term , was altogether unknown . To say nothing of the scarcity and cum- brous character of the materials em ...
George Seton. LETTERS AND LETTER - WRITERS . N ancient times , the practice of letter- writing , in our modern sense of the term , was altogether unknown . To say nothing of the scarcity and cum- brous character of the materials em ...
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... letter frequently ended with the word ' Vale , ' ' Ave , ' or ' Salve , ' to which , in some instances , ' Mi anime ' was added , as an expression of endearment . Unless previously communicated , the place where the letter was written ...
... letter frequently ended with the word ' Vale , ' ' Ave , ' or ' Salve , ' to which , in some instances , ' Mi anime ' was added , as an expression of endearment . Unless previously communicated , the place where the letter was written ...
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... .1 1 See some interesting criticism on a lady's letter - writing , at p . 96 of Lord Lindsay's recently published Memoir of Lady Anna Mackenzie , Countess of Balcarres and Argyll . Crossed Letters . 7 Crossing and Postscripts . It must.
... .1 1 See some interesting criticism on a lady's letter - writing , at p . 96 of Lord Lindsay's recently published Memoir of Lady Anna Mackenzie , Countess of Balcarres and Argyll . Crossed Letters . 7 Crossing and Postscripts . It must.
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... letters that they frequently cast them aside without attempting a perusal of their contents . In his Weekly Register for January 7 , 1826 , Cobbett beseeches a correspondent not to write across his writing , ' which he pronounces to be ...
... letters that they frequently cast them aside without attempting a perusal of their contents . In his Weekly Register for January 7 , 1826 , Cobbett beseeches a correspondent not to write across his writing , ' which he pronounces to be ...
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