The New Universal Letter Writer: Containing Letters on Different SubjectsJ.I. Cutler & Company, 1827 - 108 Seiten |
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... told me it was in approbation of my suit . If you will give me leave to wait on you , I shall then be able to explain things more particular- ly . I am , dear madam , Your real lover . LETTER XIII . From the young Gentleman's Mother to ...
... told me it was in approbation of my suit . If you will give me leave to wait on you , I shall then be able to explain things more particular- ly . I am , dear madam , Your real lover . LETTER XIII . From the young Gentleman's Mother to ...
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... told of instances of his beney- olence which he has industriously con- cealed . I have only to add further , that the only worldly consideration now upon my mind is to see him happily married , and then my whole attention shall be fixed ...
... told of instances of his beney- olence which he has industriously con- cealed . I have only to add further , that the only worldly consideration now upon my mind is to see him happily married , and then my whole attention shall be fixed ...
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... told IN you , that you should hear from me as soon as possible , and therefore I now sit down to fulfil my prom-- ise . I communicated your proposal to Mr. Melvill , who , after he had written to his correspondent in New York , told me ...
... told IN you , that you should hear from me as soon as possible , and therefore I now sit down to fulfil my prom-- ise . I communicated your proposal to Mr. Melvill , who , after he had written to his correspondent in New York , told me ...
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Containing Letters on Different Subjects. And now , sir , have I not told you enough ; Some might think too much : but I am determined to begin with as much sincer- ity as I could wish to practice if standing in the presence of my Maker ...
Containing Letters on Different Subjects. And now , sir , have I not told you enough ; Some might think too much : but I am determined to begin with as much sincer- ity as I could wish to practice if standing in the presence of my Maker ...
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... told you before , is our common fate , although all impostors are not equally in- dustrious to be wicked ; and you ought not to condemn your own judgment , for want of sagacity to discover a cheat , as it would be to arraign the conduct ...
... told you before , is our common fate , although all impostors are not equally in- dustrious to be wicked ; and you ought not to condemn your own judgment , for want of sagacity to discover a cheat , as it would be to arraign the conduct ...
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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...