The Young Lady's Book of Classical Letters: Consisting of Epistolary Selections: Designed to Improve Young Ladies and Gentlemen in the Art of Letter-writing ... By the Author of "The Young Man's Own Book."Desilver, Thomas & Company, 1836 - 320 pages |
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Page 27
... agreeable temperature than either Bombay or Calcutta . Here I have been more than ever reminded of the prints and descriptions in Cook's Voyages . The whole coast of the island is marked by the same features , a high white surf dashing ...
... agreeable temperature than either Bombay or Calcutta . Here I have been more than ever reminded of the prints and descriptions in Cook's Voyages . The whole coast of the island is marked by the same features , a high white surf dashing ...
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... agreeable subject , by telling you that I am now got into the region of beauty . All the women have , literally , rosy cheeks , snowy foreheads and bosoms , jet eyebrows , and scarlet lips , to which they generally add coal - black hair ...
... agreeable subject , by telling you that I am now got into the region of beauty . All the women have , literally , rosy cheeks , snowy foreheads and bosoms , jet eyebrows , and scarlet lips , to which they generally add coal - black hair ...
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... agreeable stillness and natural simpli- city of the whole scene , gave us the highest plea- At length we reached the spot whence Mil- ton , undoubtedly , took most of his images : it is on the top of the hill , from which there is a ...
... agreeable stillness and natural simpli- city of the whole scene , gave us the highest plea- At length we reached the spot whence Mil- ton , undoubtedly , took most of his images : it is on the top of the hill , from which there is a ...
Page 74
... agreeable manner than most of your sex generally spend theirs - it will give me a pleasure equal at least to that which you will receive . It is to be wished that the female part of the human creation , on whom Nature has poured so many ...
... agreeable manner than most of your sex generally spend theirs - it will give me a pleasure equal at least to that which you will receive . It is to be wished that the female part of the human creation , on whom Nature has poured so many ...
Page 105
... agreeable in telligence to you . Last week being the close of the Michaelmas term , and our college examination , our tutor , who is a very great man , sent for me , and told me he was sorry to hear I had been ill : he understood I was ...
... agreeable in telligence to you . Last week being the close of the Michaelmas term , and our college examination , our tutor , who is a very great man , sent for me , and told me he was sorry to hear I had been ill : he understood I was ...
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acquaintance Adieu admire affection affectionate agreeable ANNA SEWARD answer assure beautiful believe bishop bless border ballads Burke Byron comfort CONYERS MIDDLETON Cowper dear friend dear madam DEAR SIR death desire Edmund Burke EDWARD GIBBON endeavour epistolary esteem express favour feel Franklin friendship give hand happy hear heart HENRY KIRKE WHITE honour hope Horace Walpole humble servant JAMES BEATTIE JAMES THOMSON John Dryden Julius Cæsar kind labour Lady learned less letter live Lord Lord Byron Lord Kilmarnock lordship mean ment mind never night obliged occasion perhaps person pleased pleasure poem pray present reason received remember respect sent sentiments sincere soon sorry spirit sure tell thank thing thought tion town translation Trenton verse virtue Walpole William Cowper wish word write written yesterday young
Popular passages
Page 154 - Seven years, my Lord, have now past, since I waited in your outward rooms, or was repulsed from your door; during which time I have been pushing on my work through difficulties, of which it is useless to complain, and have brought it, at last, to the verge of publication, without one act of assistance, one word of encouragement, or one smile of favour.
Page 154 - Die. tionary is recommended to the public, were written by your lordship. To be so distinguished is an honour which, being very little accustomed to favours from the great, I know not well how to receive, or in what terms to acknowledge. When, upon some slight encouragement, I first visited your lordship, I was overpowered, like the rest of mankind, by the enchantment of your address ; and could not forbear...
Page 47 - While the ploughman, near at hand, Whistles o'er the furrowed land, And the milkmaid singeth blithe, And the mower whets his scythe, And every shepherd tells his tale, Under the hawthorn in the dale. Straight mine eye hath caught new pleasures, Whilst the landscape round it measures...
Page 239 - ... spark of affection for that parent country we once held so dear: but were it possible for us to forget and forgive them, it is not possible for you (I mean the British nation) to forgive the people you have so heavily injured; you can never confide again in those as...
Page 254 - When I reflect what an inconsiderable little atom every single man is, with respect to the whole creation, methiuks it is a shame to be concerned at the removal of such a trivial animal as I am. The morning after my exit the sun will rise as bright as ever, the flowers smell as sweet, the plants spring as green, the world will proceed in its old course, people will laugh as heartily and marry as fast as they were used to da
Page 219 - We assemble parliaments and councils, to have the benefit of their collected wisdom ; but we necessarily have, at the same time, the inconvenience of their collected passions, prejudices, and private interests.
Page 155 - Is not a patron, my lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and when he has reached ground encumbers him with help ? The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had it been early, had been kind ; but it has been delayed till I am indifferent and cannot enjoy it; till I am solitary and cannot impart it; till I am known and do not want it.
Page 60 - Be studious in your profession, and you will be learned. Be industrious and frugal, and you will be rich. Be sober and temperate, and you will be healthy. Be in general virtuous, and you will be happy. At least, you will, by such conduct, stand the best chance for such consequences.
Page 254 - For honourable age is not that which standeth in length of time, nor that is measured by number of years ; but wisdom is the grey hair unto men, and an unspotted life is old age.
Page 143 - I cannot forbear to mention, that neither reason nor revelation denies you to hope, that you may increase her happiness by obeying her precepts ; and that she may, in her present state, look with pleasure upon every act of virtue to which her instructions or example have contributed.