The Young Man's Book of Classical Letters: Consisting of Epistolary Selections; Designed to Improve Young Ladies and Gentlemen in the Art of Letter-writing ... with Introductory Rules and Observations on Epistolary CompositionGrigg & Elliot, 1841 - 320 Seiten |
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... manner of writing , is a disobliging mark of want of respect . The liberty , besides , of writing letters with too careless a hand , is apt to betray persons into im . prudence in what they write . An improper ex- pression in ...
... manner of writing , is a disobliging mark of want of respect . The liberty , besides , of writing letters with too careless a hand , is apt to betray persons into im . prudence in what they write . An improper ex- pression in ...
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... the most easy and delicate manner , sentiments of a moral and religious nature , which may prove of great and lasting benefit . But such sentiments should not be introduced for the purpose of ostentatious 2 OBSERVATIONS . 17.
... the most easy and delicate manner , sentiments of a moral and religious nature , which may prove of great and lasting benefit . But such sentiments should not be introduced for the purpose of ostentatious 2 OBSERVATIONS . 17.
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... manner . " V. Scrupulously adhere to the rules of grammar . Select and apply all your words with a strict regard to their proper signification ; and whenever you have any doubt respecting the correctness or pro- priety of them , consult ...
... manner . " V. Scrupulously adhere to the rules of grammar . Select and apply all your words with a strict regard to their proper signification ; and whenever you have any doubt respecting the correctness or pro- priety of them , consult ...
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... manner . We did not part till eleven . He scolded me heartily , as usual , when I differed from him in opinion , and , as usual , laughed when I flattered him . I was very bold in combating some of his darling prejudices : nay , I ...
... manner . We did not part till eleven . He scolded me heartily , as usual , when I differed from him in opinion , and , as usual , laughed when I flattered him . I was very bold in combating some of his darling prejudices : nay , I ...
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... manner ; and what is very particu- lar , the general ground of all the painting is red . Besides this temple , they make out very plainly an amphitheatre : the stairs , of white marble , and the eats , are very perfect ; the inside was ...
... manner ; and what is very particu- lar , the general ground of all the painting is red . Besides this temple , they make out very plainly an amphitheatre : the stairs , of white marble , and the eats , are very perfect ; the inside 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
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Seite 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...
Seite 154 - I have been lately informed by the proprietor of ' The World,' that two papers, in which my ' Dictionary ' 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...
Seite 154 - Le vainqueur du vainqueur de la terre; that I might obtain that regard for which I saw the world contending : but I found my attendance so little encouraged that neither pride nor modesty would suffer me to continue it.
Seite 47 - And every shepherd tells his tale Under the hawthorn in the dale. Straight mine eye hath caught new pleasures...
Seite 318 - He was pleased to coincide, and to dwell on the description of your Jameses as no less royal than poetical. He spoke alternately of Homer and yourself, and seemed well acquainted with hoth ; so that (with the exception of the Turks * and your humble servant) you were in very good company.
Seite 254 - 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 do. The memory of man, as it is elegantly expressed in the Wisdom of Solomon, passcth away as the remembrance of a guest that tarrieth but one day.
Seite 158 - It is like that of a fine organ; has the fullest and the deepest tones of majesty, with all the softness and elegance of the Dorian flute. Variety without end and never equalled, unless perhaps by Virgil.
Seite 226 - Almost all the parts of our bodies require some expense. The feet demand shoes ; the legs stockings ; the rest of the body clothing ; and the belly a good deal of victuals. Our eyes, though exceedingly useful, ask, when reasonable, only the cheap assistance of spectacles, which could not much impair our finances. But the eyes of other people are the eyes that ruin us. If all but myself were blind, I should want neither fine clothes, fine houses. nor fine furniture.
Seite 235 - God grant, that not only the Love of Liberty, but a thorough Knowledge of the Rights of Man, may pervade all the Nations of the Earth, so that a Philosopher may set his Foot anywhere on its Surface, and say, "This is my Country.
Seite 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.