Gossip about Letters and Letter-writersEdmonston and Douglas, 1873 - 256 pages |
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... thoughts by letters to convey ; To baffle absence , and secure delight , Which till that time was limited to sight . The parting farewell spoke , the last adieu , The lessening distance past , then loss of view , The friend was gone ...
... thoughts by letters to convey ; To baffle absence , and secure delight , Which till that time was limited to sight . The parting farewell spoke , the last adieu , The lessening distance past , then loss of view , The friend was gone ...
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... thought you should labour farther in the 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 ...
... thought you should labour farther in the 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 ...
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... thought thereof preceded . And to speak a truth , 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 ...
... thought thereof preceded . And to speak a truth , 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 ...
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... thought of what Agrippa said to Paul , Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian . ' I sent to ask the man of God to honour my roof , and dine with me . I asked him of his country , and what not ; I even asked him if his sermons were ...
... thought of what Agrippa said to Paul , Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian . ' I sent to ask the man of God to honour my roof , and dine with me . I asked him of his country , and what not ; I even asked him if his sermons were ...
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... thought proper to disappear , though not till after he had put us to all the trouble and expense in his power . Report says he has gone to France , and I shall only add that I wish he was in hell , as he fully deserves a warm berth . He ...
... thought proper to disappear , though not till after he had put us to all the trouble and expense in his power . Report says he has gone to France , and I shall only add that I wish he was in hell , as he fully deserves a warm berth . He ...
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