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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... thofe about you , but not louder . 7. Obferve your paufes well , and never make any where the fenfe will admit 8. Humour your voice a little accord- ing to the fubject . 9. Attend to thofe who read well , and endeavour to imitate their ...
... thofe about you , but not louder . 7. Obferve your paufes well , and never make any where the fenfe will admit 8. Humour your voice a little accord- ing to the fubject . 9. Attend to thofe who read well , and endeavour to imitate their ...
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... thofe with whom you are acquainted : for that very pain will make it aukward and stiff , in spite of all your endeavours to the contrary . Write freely , but not haftily ; let your words drop from your pen as they would from your tongue ...
... thofe with whom you are acquainted : for that very pain will make it aukward and stiff , in spite of all your endeavours to the contrary . Write freely , but not haftily ; let your words drop from your pen as they would from your tongue ...
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... ( thofe al- moft infeparable companions ) ignorance and im- pudence . Neither be over - pompous in your style ; but convey your thoughts with eafe and perfpicu- ity , that they may appear as from nature , rather than a vain conceit to ...
... ( thofe al- moft infeparable companions ) ignorance and im- pudence . Neither be over - pompous in your style ; but convey your thoughts with eafe and perfpicu- ity , that they may appear as from nature , rather than a vain conceit to ...
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... be an idle boy , his goodness to me would prompt me to be diligent at my ftudy , that I might please him . Befides , I fee a great difference made between thofe that are idle and thofe that are diligent : 24 THE COMPLETE-
... be an idle boy , his goodness to me would prompt me to be diligent at my ftudy , that I might please him . Befides , I fee a great difference made between thofe that are idle and thofe that are diligent : 24 THE COMPLETE-
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... thofe that are idle and thofe that are diligent : idle boys being punifhed as they deferve , and diligent boys being encouraged : but you know , Pappa , that I always loved my book ; for you have often told me , if I intended ever to be ...
... thofe that are idle and thofe that are diligent : idle boys being punifhed as they deferve , and diligent boys being encouraged : but you know , Pappa , that I always loved my book ; for you have often told me , if I intended ever to be ...
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.