Literature in Letters, Or, Manners, Art, Criticism, Biography, History, and Morals Illustrated in the Correspondence of Eminent Persons

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James Philemon Holcombe
D. Appleton, 1866 - 520 pages

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Contents

Hannah More to her Sister Evening with the Turkish Ambassador
71
Mrs John Adams to Miss Lucy Cranch First Impressions of Paris
84
Lord Byron to Mr Murray An Italian Lady and Sir Humphrey
90
Dr Chalmers to his Daughter Description of a Dinner at the Lord
96
Hugh S Legaré to his Sisters Visit of the Queen of France to Brus
103
Wm H Prescott to Miss Prescott Young Ladies not so much in
109
Alexander Pope to Teresa and Martha Blount Visit to Hampton Court
115
Alexander Pope to Edward Blount Humor of Wycherley in his last Ill
118
Alexander Pope to Mr Gay Congratulations on his RecoveryReflec
127
Mrs Penruddock to her Husband Feelings on the Eve of his Execution
134
Lady M W Montagu to Mr Pope In ReplyRidicules the Sentiment
141
Mr Gray to Dr Wharton Amusements in TownReflections on Riches
148
Mr Sterne to Ignatius Sancho In ReplyHumanity knows
153
Hannah More to Mr Harford Description of a DroughtEffect
165
Lady Dufferin to Miss Berry A Ladys Experience at the Old
172
George Washington to Dr John Cochran Bill of Camp Fare
180
Charles Lamb to Bernard Barton Whimsical Description of a
193
Robert Southey to his Daughters Description of the Ceremony of con
196
Rev Sydney Smith to
199
Walter Savage Landor to Lady Blessington A mere Touch of Rheu
206
Dr James Alexander to Dr Hall Visit to OxfordGeneral Appearance
214
Horace Walpole to Richard West Amusements at ParisBurial of
219
Thomas Gray to Mr West TurinThe Grande ChartreuseCretins
225
Charles Dickens to Lady Blessington MilanAmphitheatre of Verona
240
William Strahan to David Hume Wilkes and the Middlesex Elections
329
Rev Dr Mayhew to Hon James Otis Jr Importance of Communica
337
General Washington to Col Lewis Nicola Rebuking a Suggestion com
343
Fisher Ames to George Richards Minot General Washingtons first
353
Sir Walter Scott to the Duke of Buccleugh Ride over the Field
364
Margaret Fuller Madame Ossoli to R W Emerson Siege of Rome
372
John Milton to Leonard Philara the Athenian Account of his Loss
380
Mr Steele to Alexander Pope Requests an Ode like that of Adrian
387
Alexander Pope to Mr Steele In ReplySends the famous Ode entitled
393
Dr Johnson to Lord Chesterfield No Gratitude for his tardy Encourage
399
David Hume to Edward Gibbon Advice to write in the English Lan
405
Horace Walpole to Rev William Mason Visit of Dr Robertson
413
Hannah More to her Sister Party ProscriptionDinner at the Bishop
430
Robert Burns to Mr Thompson Origin of Scots wha hae wi Wallace
441
Sir Walter Scott to Robert Southey Congratulations on his Appoint
449
Miss Berry to Joanna Baillie In ReplyVindication of her Book
455
Oliver Cromwell to Col Valentine Walton Announces the Death of
465
Hannah More to her Sister Three Requests made by Dr Johnson on
473
Rev Robert Hall to W Hollick Feelings on his Recovery from a second
479
Mrs Grant to Mrs BrownInterview between Bishop Porteus and
485
Rev Dr J M Mason to Capt U S A Advice as to the course
495
Sir W W Pepys to Hannah More Consolations of ReligionBishop
502
LETTER XXIISir W W Pepys to Hannah More Spirit of PrayerJohn Bowdler
514
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Bibliographic information

TitleLiterature in Letters, Or, Manners, Art, Criticism, Biography, History, and Morals Illustrated in the Correspondence of Eminent Persons
EditorJames Philemon Holcombe
PublisherD. Appleton, 1866
Original fromThe British Library
Digitized24 Apr 2014
Length520 pages
  
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