The New Universal Letter Writer: Containing Letters on Different SubjectsJ.I. Cutler & Company, 1827 - 108 Seiten |
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... nature of the subject . As letters are the copies of conversation , just consider what you would say to to your friend if he was present , and write down the very words you would speak , which will render your epistle unaffected and in ...
... nature of the subject . As letters are the copies of conversation , just consider what you would say to to your friend if he was present , and write down the very words you would speak , which will render your epistle unaffected and in ...
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... nature of this demand , and the necessity of my discharging it . I hope you will excuse me this freedom . which nothing but a regard to my credit and family could oblige me to take . If it does not suit you to remit the whole , part ...
... nature of this demand , and the necessity of my discharging it . I hope you will excuse me this freedom . which nothing but a regard to my credit and family could oblige me to take . If it does not suit you to remit the whole , part ...
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... nature , and if not attended to with assiduity and regularity , generally involves those engaged in the greatest dif- ficulty , if not ruin . Let me beg , therefore , that when you become a master , you will avoid mixing in company with ...
... nature , and if not attended to with assiduity and regularity , generally involves those engaged in the greatest dif- ficulty , if not ruin . Let me beg , therefore , that when you become a master , you will avoid mixing in company with ...
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... nature . Those of your sex have often asserted that we are fond of flattery , and mightily pleased to be praised ; I shall therefore suppose it true , and excuse you for those fulsome encomiums bestowed upon me in your let- ter ; but am ...
... nature . Those of your sex have often asserted that we are fond of flattery , and mightily pleased to be praised ; I shall therefore suppose it true , and excuse you for those fulsome encomiums bestowed upon me in your let- ter ; but am ...
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... nature con- spires to exalt his praise , and acknowledge with gratitude their dependence on him . But I will not tire you with such dull de- scriptions of real beauties . Present my sincere respects to your worthy mother . hope she gets ...
... nature con- spires to exalt his praise , and acknowledge with gratitude their dependence on him . But I will not tire you with such dull de- scriptions of real beauties . Present my sincere respects to your worthy mother . hope she gets ...
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
advan advice affair affection affectionate affliction agreeable amiable aphorism beauty bless blige Boarding School character charmer common comply concerning conduct confess consider conversation cousin coxcomb DEAR ANGEL DEAR CHILD dear madam desire drunkenness dustrious dutiful daughter duty encomium endeavour Epistolary excuse father fault Gentleman's Answer give greatest happiness hear heart honour hope humble servant humour husband knave Lady's Answer least Let me beg LETTER live lover man's mand marriage married ments merit mind misery Miss Benson mother nature never obedient obliged observe occasions parent passion persons pleasure proper prostitutes proverb prudence raptures reason remember render respect riage ridicule rience ruin sensible sincere well wisher sion sober soon spend thing thoughts tion tradesman unhappy vice virtue whole wife wives woman women worthy write young Lady youth
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 63 - He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.
Seite 87 - 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.
Seite 41 - But whatever may have been the cause, I am entirely innocent ; and to convince you of my sincerity, beg that the day of marriage may be next week. My affections never so much as...
Seite 23 - Nay, so far is she from having any objections, that she would have waited on you as the bearer of this, had I not persuaded her against it, as she has been these three days afflicted with a severe cold, and I was afraid that if she had ventured abroad so soon, it might be attended with dangerous consequences.
Seite 21 - I received your letter last night, and as it was on a subject I had not yet any thoughts of, you will not wonder when I tell you I was a good deal surprised. Although I have seen and familiarly conversed with you at different times, yet I had not the most distant thoughts of your making proposals of such a nature. Some of your sex have often...
Seite 37 - I will not go to any tavern, but as soon as my work is done, return to my dearly beloved Sally. I hope my dear, you will not be angry, for I am really in love. I cannot be happy unless you are mine. I was afraid to mention this to you, but if you will leave an answer at my lodgings, I will meet you next Sunday after dinner, at the , when we will take a walk to and drink tea.
Seite 19 - ... in the greatest difficulty, if not ruin. Let me beg, therefore, that when you become a master, you will avoid mixing in company with those who spend their time and substance in the fashionable follies of the present age.
Seite 26 - I repent calling you mother. I was going to say that you had known but few pleasures in this life to be deprived of your husband so soon, and the rest of your life spent under so many infirmities. But your letter convinces me, that you have felt more real pleasure in the practice of virtue and resignation to the divine will, than ever can be had in any, nay, even the greatest temporal enjoyments.
Seite 11 - I freely confess it ; but, with great sincerity, I must at the same time declare, that they were written in a careless manner, without considering the character of the person to whom they were addressed. I am fully sensible of my error, and on all future occasions shall endeavor to avoid giving the least offence.
Seite 3 - Those, who are accomplished in it, are too happy in their own knowledge to need farther information concerning its excellence. And such as are unqualified to convey their sentiments to a friend, without the assistance of a third person, feel their deficiency so severely, that nothing need be said to convince them, that it is their interest to become acquainted with what is so necessary and agreeable. Had letters been known at the beginning of the world, epistolary writing would have...