Gossip about Letters and Letter-writersEdmonston and Douglas, 1873 - 256 pages |
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... 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 . CONTENTS . Scriptural and Roman Letters , Characteristics of Male.
... 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 . CONTENTS . Scriptural and Roman Letters , Characteristics of Male.
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... 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 successful ; but to that light and ...
... 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 successful ; but to that light and ...
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... matter of postscripts . I once met with an official letter , extending to about eight lines , from the pen of a learned Scottish lawyer , who held a distinguished place in the literary world . The writer's signature at the bottom of the ...
... matter of postscripts . I once met with an official letter , extending to about eight lines , from the pen of a learned Scottish lawyer , who held a distinguished place in the literary world . The writer's signature at the bottom of the ...
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... matter or nay . In that , my Lord , I dare not presume to write so to you without I knew the gentleman's name ; notwithstanding , my Lord , I shall take upon me , with the advice of other of her friends , that she shall neither be ...
... matter or nay . In that , my Lord , I dare not presume to write so to you without I knew the gentleman's name ; notwithstanding , my Lord , I shall take upon me , with the advice of other of her friends , that she shall neither be ...
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... matter with you ? Is it business or love that hes in- gross'd you so entirlie ? Are you such an arand husban that you wont writte to anie woman but your oun dear spous ? I wont poote you out of conceit with that prittie singular notion ...
... matter with you ? Is it business or love that hes in- gross'd you so entirlie ? Are you such an arand husban that you wont writte to anie woman but your oun dear spous ? I wont poote you out of conceit with that prittie singular notion ...
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