Gossip about Letters and Letter-writersEdmonston and Douglas, 1873 - 256 pages |
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... , is not very com- plimentary to ladies ' letters : - ' The earth has nothing like a she - epistle , And hardly heaven - because it never ends . 8 Postscripts . I love the mystery of a femalé Crossing and Postscripts, Contents.
... , is not very com- plimentary to ladies ' letters : - ' The earth has nothing like a she - epistle , And hardly heaven - because it never ends . 8 Postscripts . I love the mystery of a femalé Crossing and Postscripts, Contents.
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... never merrier , and said to his wife that he would go say a little devotion in his garden , and then he would dine ; and forthwith he felt a fainting in his leg , and syyd ( slid ) down ; this was at nine of the clock , and he was dead ...
... never merrier , and said to his wife that he would go say a little devotion in his garden , and then he would dine ; and forthwith he felt a fainting in his leg , and syyd ( slid ) down ; this was at nine of the clock , and he was dead ...
Page 16
... never Prince had wife more loyal in all duty , and in all true affection , than you have ever found in Ann Boleyn ; with which name and place I could will- ingly have contented myself , if God and your Grace's pleasure had been so ...
... never Prince had wife more loyal in all duty , and in all true affection , than you have ever found in Ann Boleyn ; with which name and place I could will- ingly have contented myself , if God and your Grace's pleasure had been so ...
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... never came from the lips of a man . I returned in the after- noon , and heard the same preacher exceed his morning work by the finest chain of reasoning , conveyed by the most eloquent expressions . I immediately thought of what Agrippa ...
... never came from the lips of a man . I returned in the after- noon , and heard the same preacher exceed his morning work by the finest chain of reasoning , conveyed by the most eloquent expressions . I immediately thought of what Agrippa ...
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... never before envied you the possession of the Orkneys , which I now do only to provide for this eloquent innocent apostle . The sun has refused your barren isles his kindly influence , do not deprive them of so pleasant a preacher ; let ...
... never before envied you the possession of the Orkneys , which I now do only to provide for this eloquent innocent apostle . The sun has refused your barren isles his kindly influence , do not deprive them of so pleasant a preacher ; let ...
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