The Complete Letter-writer: Containing Familiar Letters on the Most Common Occasions in Life, Also a Variety of Elegant Letters for the Direction and Embellishment of Style, ...W Darling, 1778 - 249 pages |
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Page 14
... favours of levity to your friends , but has the appearance of your having almoft forgot them . It is ufual among the polite to fign their names at a confiderable distance below the conclufion of the letter , and thereby leave a large ...
... favours of levity to your friends , but has the appearance of your having almoft forgot them . It is ufual among the polite to fign their names at a confiderable distance below the conclufion of the letter , and thereby leave a large ...
Page 15
... favours are requested and be particularly careful in not o- mitting any letter belonging to the words you write , as I've , can't , don't , shou'd , wou'd , & c . inftead of I have , cannot , do not , fhould , would , & c .; for fuch ...
... favours are requested and be particularly careful in not o- mitting any letter belonging to the words you write , as I've , can't , don't , shou'd , wou'd , & c . inftead of I have , cannot , do not , fhould , would , & c .; for fuch ...
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... favour . Dear Mamma , THE many inftances you have given me of your affection leave me no room to believe that the favour I prefume to afk will be difpleafing . Was I in the leaft doubtful of it , I hope my dear mam- ma has too good an ...
... favour . Dear Mamma , THE many inftances you have given me of your affection leave me no room to believe that the favour I prefume to afk will be difpleafing . Was I in the leaft doubtful of it , I hope my dear mam- ma has too good an ...
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... favours conferred on her , who will always perfevere to merit the continu- ance of them . I am , with my duty to Pappa , Dear Mamma , Your moft dutiful daughter . LETTER X. From a young gentleman to his pappa , defiring that he may ...
... favours conferred on her , who will always perfevere to merit the continu- ance of them . I am , with my duty to Pappa , Dear Mamma , Your moft dutiful daughter . LETTER X. From a young gentleman to his pappa , defiring that he may ...
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... favour , added to the many others you have already conferred , will greatly oblige , Dear Pappa , Your moft dutiful fon LETTER XI From a young lady to her pappa , who lately embark- ed for the East Indies , in the Company's fervice ...
... favour , added to the many others you have already conferred , will greatly oblige , Dear Pappa , Your moft dutiful fon LETTER XI From a young lady to her pappa , who lately embark- ed for the East Indies , in the Company's fervice ...
Common terms and phrases
acquaintance addrefs affectionate affure againſt agreeable almoſt anfwer beauty becauſe beft beſt bleffing buſineſs charms Cleora compliments converfation dear deferves defign defire duty efteem endeavour fafe faid fame father fatisfaction favour feem feen felves fenfe fenfible ferious ferve fhall fhort fhould fhow fifter fince fincere firft firſt fome fomething foon fpeak fpirit friends ftand fubject fuch fuffer fuppofe fure gentleman give goodneſs greateſt happineſs happy heart Heaven himſelf honour hope humble fervant huſband juft juſt lady laft laſt leaft leaſt lefs LETTER live lofe lover Madam mafter marriage Mifs mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf neceffary nefs never obferve obliged occafion ourſelves paffed paffion perfon pleafed pleaſe pleaſure poffible prefent racter reafon refpect tell thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thought thouſand tion underſtanding uſed vifits virtue whofe worfe write young your's yourſelf
Popular passages
Page 248 - Los números cardinales 0: zero 1: one 2: two 3: three 4: four 5: five 6: six 7: seven 8: eight 9: nine 10: ten 11: eleven 12: twelve 13: thirteen 14: fourteen 15: fifteen 16: sixteen 17: seventeen 18: eighteen 19: nineteen 20: twenty...
Page 156 - ... effort to be made ; that reformation is never hopeless, nor sincere endeavours ever unassisted ; that the wanderer may at length return after all his errors ; and that he who implores strength and courage from above, shall find danger and difficulty give way before him.
Page 134 - ... seem young, be told so by her glass, and have no aches to inform her of the truth : and when she shall appear to be mortal, may her Lord not mourn for her, but go hand in hand with her to that place where we are told there is neither marrying nor giving in marriage, that being there divorced we may all have an equal interest in her again.
Page 201 - ... an advantage not very common to young men, that the attractions of the world have not dazzled me very much...
Page 223 - By degrees we let fall the remembrance of our original intention, and quit the only adequate object of rational desire. We entangle ourselves in business, immerge ourselves in luxury, and rove through the labyrinths of inconstancy, till the darkness of old age begins to invade us, and disease and Anxiety obstruct our way.
Page 151 - The King, I trust, will deal graciously with you, restore you those honours and that fortune which a distempered time hath deprived you of, together with the life of your father...
Page 195 - ... utterly forgetful of that world from which we are gone, and ripening for that to which we are to go ! If you retain any memory of the past...
Page 156 - We entangle ourselves in business, immerge ourselves in luxury, and rove through the labyrinths of inconstancy, till the darkness of old age begins to invade us, and disease and anxiety obstruct our way. We then look back upon our lives with horror, with sorrow, with repentance ; and wish, but too often vainly wish, that we had not forsaken the ways of virtue.
Page 155 - Here the heart softens, and vigilance subsides; we are then willing to inquire whether another advance cannot be made, and whether we may not, at least, turn our eyes upon the gardens of pleasure. We approach them with scruple and hesitation; we enter them, but enter timorous...
Page 201 - I am even as unconcerned as was that honest Hibernian, who being in bed in the great storm some years ago, and told the house would tumble over his head, made answer, " What care I for the house ? I am only a lodger.