Literature in Letters; Or, Manners, Art, Criticism, Biography, History, and Morals, Illustrated in the Correspondence of Eminent PersonsD. Appleton, 1866 - 520 pages |
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... letters which contain the most vivid pictures of manners , and the most faithful and striking delineations of character ... letter has been introduced to which it was supposed any exception could be taken on the ground of taste or morals ...
... letters which contain the most vivid pictures of manners , and the most faithful and striking delineations of character ... letter has been introduced to which it was supposed any exception could be taken on the ground of taste or morals ...
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... letters have been introduced . The principal exception has been in the case of Madame de Sévigné , whose letters have given equal pleasure to men of the world like Horace Wal- pole , and such scholars as Sir James Mackintosh . The ...
... letters have been introduced . The principal exception has been in the case of Madame de Sévigné , whose letters have given equal pleasure to men of the world like Horace Wal- pole , and such scholars as Sir James Mackintosh . The ...
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... LETTERS . LETTER L - Madame de Sévigné to Madame de Grignan . - The Court of Louis the Fourteenth - Amusements - Madame de Montespan - Dangeau , the celebrated Gam- bler , • page 8 LETTER II . — Lady M. Wortley Montagu to the Countess ...
... LETTERS . LETTER L - Madame de Sévigné to Madame de Grignan . - The Court of Louis the Fourteenth - Amusements - Madame de Montespan - Dangeau , the celebrated Gam- bler , • page 8 LETTER II . — Lady M. Wortley Montagu to the Countess ...
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... LETTER XIV . - Horace Walpole to Sir Horace Mann . - Popularity of the Duke of Cum- berland - Lady Walpole - Anecdote of Lord Bath's Parsimony , . 28 LETTER XV . - Horace Walpole to Sir Horace Mann . - The Earthquake - Middlesex Elec ...
... LETTER XIV . - Horace Walpole to Sir Horace Mann . - Popularity of the Duke of Cum- berland - Lady Walpole - Anecdote of Lord Bath's Parsimony , . 28 LETTER XV . - Horace Walpole to Sir Horace Mann . - The Earthquake - Middlesex Elec ...
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... LETTER XXXI . - Hannah More to her Sister . - A London Thé - Folly of the Custom , 78 LETTER XXXII - Hannah More to her Sister . - Dinner with Madame La Chevaliere D'Eon . Note . - Real sex of D'Eon , 75 LETTER XXXIII - William Cowper ...
... LETTER XXXI . - Hannah More to her Sister . - A London Thé - Folly of the Custom , 78 LETTER XXXII - Hannah More to her Sister . - Dinner with Madame La Chevaliere D'Eon . Note . - Real sex of D'Eon , 75 LETTER XXXIII - William Cowper ...
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Adieu admired affectionate Alexander Pope Alloway Kirk Amusements attended beautiful believe Bishop Bishop of Rochester Burke called Charles Lamb Court dear delight dined dinner Duchess Duke ell-ell-deed England English eyes favor feel Franklin French George Crabbe give hand Hannah happy head hear heard heart honor hope Horace Walpole horse hour Ignatius Sancho John kind King Lady M. W. Montagu Lady Mayoress Lady Morgan letter live London look Lord Lord Bolingbroke Madame mind Miss morning nature never night passed person pleased pleasure poor Pray present Prince Queen received Robert Burns Robert Southey Samuel Crisp Scotch seen sent servant Sir Horace soon spirits Sydney Smith tell thing thought tion told town walk Walpole to George Walpole to Sir Walter Walter Savage Landor William wish woman write yesterday
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