Gossip about Letters and Letter-writersEdmonston and Douglas, 1873 - 256 pages |
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... writing , in our modern sense of the term , was altogether unknown . To say nothing of the scarcity and cum- brous character of the materials em- ployed for writing , the state of society was such that correspondence ' was not con ...
... writing , in our modern sense of the term , was altogether unknown . To say nothing of the scarcity and cum- brous character of the materials em- ployed for writing , the state of society was such that correspondence ' was not con ...
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... writer's sig- nature , the Romans began their letters with a præloquium , or address , which embraced the name of the writer as well as that of the per- son to whom the letter was written.1 Thus , 1 ' Even the way in which a Roman ...
... writer's sig- nature , the Romans began their letters with a præloquium , or address , which embraced the name of the writer as well as that of the per- son to whom the letter was written.1 Thus , 1 ' Even the way in which a Roman ...
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... writer , or of one of his ancestors , im- pressed on wax or chalk . In the twenty - third chapter of the Acts , we have an example of the Roman præloquium in the letter of the ' chief captain , ' respecting the Jews ' persecution of ...
... writer , or of one of his ancestors , im- pressed on wax or chalk . In the twenty - third chapter of the Acts , we have an example of the Roman præloquium in the letter of the ' chief captain , ' respecting the Jews ' persecution of ...
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... writer may generally be inferred from the style . If the epistles of the ' Lords of Creation ' are more precise and succinct than those of the gentler sex , there can be no doubt that they are quite eclipsed by the ladies in respect to ...
... writer may generally be inferred from the style . If the epistles of the ' Lords of Creation ' are more precise and succinct than those of the gentler sex , there can be no doubt that they are quite eclipsed by the ladies in respect to ...
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... 1 See some interesting criticism on a lady's letter - writing , at p . 96 of Lord Lindsay's recently published Memoir of Lady Anna Mackenzie , Countess of Balcarres and Argyll . Crossed Letters . 7 Crossing and Postscripts . It must.
... 1 See some interesting criticism on a lady's letter - writing , at p . 96 of Lord Lindsay's recently published Memoir of Lady Anna Mackenzie , Countess of Balcarres and Argyll . Crossed Letters . 7 Crossing and Postscripts . It must.
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