Gossip about Letters and Letter-writersEdmonston and Douglas, 1873 - 256 pages |
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Page 16
... things so strange unto me , as what to write , or what to excuse , I am altogether ignorant . Whereas you send unto me ( willing me to confess a truth , and so obtain your favour ) by such an one , whom you know to be mine ancient ...
... things so strange unto me , as what to write , or what to excuse , I am altogether ignorant . Whereas you send unto me ( willing me to confess a truth , and so obtain your favour ) by such an one , whom you know to be mine ancient ...
Page 25
... things that he can do and that he cannot do ; and if my minister dies , his succession is too great a prize not to raise up many powerful rivals to baulk my hopes of preferment . ' I asked him if he possessed any other wealth . ' Yes ...
... things that he can do and that he cannot do ; and if my minister dies , his succession is too great a prize not to raise up many powerful rivals to baulk my hopes of preferment . ' I asked him if he possessed any other wealth . ' Yes ...
Page 41
... things than a fine lady ; such as an excellent wife , a faithful friend , a tender parent , and at last , as the consequence of them all , a saint in heaven . You ought now to hear nothing but that which was all you ever desired to hear ...
... things than a fine lady ; such as an excellent wife , a faithful friend , a tender parent , and at last , as the consequence of them all , a saint in heaven . You ought now to hear nothing but that which was all you ever desired to hear ...
Page 42
... things I have to say to you , though they all amount but to this , that I am entirely , as ever , yours , etc. The epistolary style of Jonathan Swift , the author of Gulliver and Dean of St. Patrick's , presents a remarkable contrast to ...
... things I have to say to you , though they all amount but to this , that I am entirely , as ever , yours , etc. The epistolary style of Jonathan Swift , the author of Gulliver and Dean of St. Patrick's , presents a remarkable contrast to ...
Page 52
... thing , and therefore let the profane keep their distance . . . . I am returned from Scotland , charmed with my expedition ; it is of the Highlands I speak ; the Lowlands are worth seeing once , but the mountains are ecstatic , and ...
... thing , and therefore let the profane keep their distance . . . . I am returned from Scotland , charmed with my expedition ; it is of the Highlands I speak ; the Lowlands are worth seeing once , but the mountains are ecstatic , and ...
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