Gossip about Letters and Letter-writersEdmonston and Douglas, 1873 - 256 pages |
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Page 11
... referred to another cause of the inferiority of modern letter - writing . It is not to be doubted , ' he says , ' that the conversa- tional power , as well as the graceful craft of letter - writing , for which the last century was ...
... referred to another cause of the inferiority of modern letter - writing . It is not to be doubted , ' he says , ' that the conversa- tional power , as well as the graceful craft of letter - writing , for which the last century was ...
Page 54
... referred , that Cowper is the most delightful letter - writer in the English language . In point of style , moreover , these letters are entitled to the highest praise , being , in the words of Archdeacon Hare , ' the pattern of pure ...
... referred , that Cowper is the most delightful letter - writer in the English language . In point of style , moreover , these letters are entitled to the highest praise , being , in the words of Archdeacon Hare , ' the pattern of pure ...
Page 68
... referred to in the capacity of distinguished letter - writers , I insert the following without any comment : - THE REV . LAURENCE STERNE TO HIS BELOVED FRIEND'EUGENIUS . ' THE first time I have dipped my pen in the ink - horn for this ...
... referred to in the capacity of distinguished letter - writers , I insert the following without any comment : - THE REV . LAURENCE STERNE TO HIS BELOVED FRIEND'EUGENIUS . ' THE first time I have dipped my pen in the ink - horn for this ...
Page 92
... referred to is the celebrated Abyssinian letter to the Queen of England , which Mr. Bernal Osborne declared in the House of Commons . was likely to cost the nation the trifling sum of £ 5,000,000 : - Theodoros of Ethiopia . 93 IN the ...
... referred to is the celebrated Abyssinian letter to the Queen of England , which Mr. Bernal Osborne declared in the House of Commons . was likely to cost the nation the trifling sum of £ 5,000,000 : - Theodoros of Ethiopia . 93 IN the ...
Page 107
... referred to Business Letters as the special branch of correspondence in which theruder sex ' are considered to excel . A thoroughly good business letter , however , -like everything else thoroughly good , -is by no means a common ...
... referred to Business Letters as the special branch of correspondence in which theruder sex ' are considered to excel . A thoroughly good business letter , however , -like everything else thoroughly good , -is by no means a common ...
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