Bathurst's compliments, and fhe propofes a visit this afternoon to Mifs Arron, and will be very glad of her company; the coach is ordered exactly at four, and an airing will not be amiss.

Wednesday, eleven o'clock.

XIX. Mifs Romney has the honour of Lady Bathurft's card; the begs leave to return her compliments, and is very much at her Ladyship's fervice, and will certainly wait on her.

Wednesday.

XX. Mrs Legg has a party at cards next Wednesday fe'enight of eight tables; the prefents her compliments to Mr Strong, and defires the favour of his company.

Thursday, Dec. 5.

XXI. Mr Strong has the honour of Mrs Legg's card, thinks himself extremely obliged in being of the party, and will certainly do himself the pleafure of waiting on her.

Thursday, Dec. 5.

XXII. Mr Bedford, after the honour of dancing laft night with Mifs Hammond, is concerned that he is prevented waiting on her this morning, by a fudden call to town; begs his compliments may be acceptable; hopes this meffage will find her in perfect health, and that he took no cold.

Friday morn. eight o'clock.

Explanation of common abbreviations or contracting of words.

Note, A point, or full flop, is always to be written after a word thus abbreviated.

But one ought to avoid thofe contractions of words as much as poffible, unless it be for one's own private ufe, and where it would be ridiculous to write them in letters at length: as, &c. for and fo forth, or the reft, Mr. for Mafter, Mrs. for Miftrefs, &c. It argues likewife a difrespect and flighting to use contractions to your betters, and is often puzzling to others, except in such cases as above mentioned.

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A table of NUMBERS and FIGURES.

TUMBERS are usually expreffed either by these seven Roman capital letters, I. V X. L. C. D. M. which are called numerals, or by these ten characters, viz. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, are called figures, and o, which is a cipher.

Their fignification.

8,9,

which

I. One. V. Five. X. Ten. L. Fifty. C. a Hundred. D. Five Hundred. M. a Thoufand.

1 One. 2 Two. 3 Three. 4 Four. 5 Five 6 Six. 7 Seven. 8 Eight. 9 Nine. o Nothing.

Obferve concerning the numeral letters, that if a lefs numeral letter be placed before a greater, it takes away from the greater so much as the lesser stands for; but, placed after a greater, it adds so much to it as the leffer ftands for; as the letter V. ftands for Five; but having I. placed before it, it takes One from it, and makes both stand but for Four; thus, IV. But I. being fet after V, adds One to it, and makes it thus, Six, VI.

Obferve, concerning the characters or figures, that ciphers at the right hand of figures increase their value ten times; as 1 One, 10 Ten, 100 Hundred, Seven, 7000 Seven Thousand; but at ‚ the left hand they fignify nothing at all, as QI,

oor, make One; 002 but Two.-A figure at every remove from the right hand increases its value ten times as 9 Nine, 98 Ninety-eight, 987 Nine hundred and eighty-seven.

Note, Numbers are fometimes expreffed by small Roman letters, as i. one, ii. two, xvi. fixteen, lx. fixty, &c.

Note alfo, Where books, chapters, fections, and verfes, are cited, the numeral letters are generally ufed to fignify the book or chapter; and the figures to fignify the fections, verfes, or fmaller parts: as, Exod. xii. 17. Exodus, the twelfth chapther, and the feventeenth verfe. So, B. IX. Sect. 24. fignifies Book the ninth, and the twenty-fourth fection.

Figures are alfo ufed to exprefs the things following, viz.

1. The order or fucceffion of things, as, 1st, 2d, 3d, 4th, 10th, 29th ; first, second, third, &c.

2. The fractions or parts of a thing, as one half, one third part, one fourth, or quarter, three quarters, five eighths.

tions for writing letters, and how to addrefs perfons of diftinction in writing or difcourfe, &c. Some farther directions and obfervations on epiftolary correfpondence, and fubfcribing and directing letters Some neceffary orthographical directions for writing correctly; and when to use capital letters, and when not

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Mifcellaneous Letters on the most useful and common occafions.

Letter I. From a brother at home to his fifter abroad

on a vifit, complaining of her not writing

II. His fifter's anfwer

III. A young gentleman's letter to his papa, written by

a fchoolfellow

IV. Another on the fame fubject

V. To a friend against waste of time

VI. In answer to a friend

VII. To a young gentleman

VIII. From a young lady in anfwer to a letter fhe had
received from her mamma, advifing her to persevere
in the Chriftian duties fhe had been inftructed in
IX. From a young lady to her mamma, requesting a
favour

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ib.

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X. From a young gentleman to his papa, defiring that he may learn to dance

ed for the Eaft indies, in the Company's fervice, but was detained at Portsmouth by contrary winds XII. From a young woman, juft gone to fervice, to her mother at home

XI. From a young lady to her papa, who lately embark

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XIII. Her mother's anfwer

XIV. The daughter to her mother
XV. The mother's anfwer and advice

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XVI. A fon's letter at school to his father

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