Gossip about Letters and Letter-writersEdmonston and Douglas, 1873 - 256 pages |
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... wishes health to , Quintus Catulus , the letter ' S ' being intended to in- dicate the words ' Salutem dicit . ' When the person addressed happened to be an intimate friend , the epithets ' humanissimus , ' ' optimus , ' ' suavissimus ...
... wishes health to , Quintus Catulus , the letter ' S ' being intended to in- dicate the words ' Salutem dicit . ' When the person addressed happened to be an intimate friend , the epithets ' humanissimus , ' ' optimus , ' ' suavissimus ...
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... wishes perpetual health in Christ . ' Certain well - known letters of the Earl of Essex ( temp . Elizabeth ) , Sir Walter Raleigh , Lord Strafford , and the Earl of Derby ( of the time of the Commonwealth ) , are remarkable for their ...
... wishes perpetual health in Christ . ' Certain well - known letters of the Earl of Essex ( temp . Elizabeth ) , Sir Walter Raleigh , Lord Strafford , and the Earl of Derby ( of the time of the Commonwealth ) , are remarkable for their ...
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... , one drop of which he seldom tasted , when he had the twelve Apostles1 in his cellar . Now , sir , that doctrine being laid down , I wish to give 1 Twelve hogsheads of claret . to Sir Laurence Dundas . 25 you , my friend.
... , one drop of which he seldom tasted , when he had the twelve Apostles1 in his cellar . Now , sir , that doctrine being laid down , I wish to give 1 Twelve hogsheads of claret . to Sir Laurence Dundas . 25 you , my friend.
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... wish he was in hell , as he fully deserves a warm berth . He only gave in the names of forty - seven non - commissioned officers and privates of the regiment to Sir Charles Gould as his evidence to support him in the business , all of ...
... wish he was in hell , as he fully deserves a warm berth . He only gave in the names of forty - seven non - commissioned officers and privates of the regiment to Sir Charles Gould as his evidence to support him in the business , all of ...
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... wish you no greater than that you may receive it in as high a degree yourself , as so much good - humour must infallibly give it to your husband . It may be expected , perhaps , that one who has the title of a poet should say something ...
... wish you no greater than that you may receive it in as high a degree yourself , as so much good - humour must infallibly give it to your husband . It may be expected , perhaps , that one who has the title of a poet should say something ...
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