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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... tion . 10. Read often before good judges , and be thankful when they correct you . II . Confider well the place of the Emphasis in a fentence , and pronounce it accordingly . By Emphafis , we mean the ftrefs or force of voice that is ...
... tion . 10. Read often before good judges , and be thankful when they correct you . II . Confider well the place of the Emphasis in a fentence , and pronounce it accordingly . By Emphafis , we mean the ftrefs or force of voice that is ...
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... tion . Obferve this , and you will be no more at a loss to write than you will be to fpeak to the perfon were he prefent ; and this is nature with- out affectation , which , generally fpeaking , always pleafes . As to fubjects , you are ...
... tion . Obferve this , and you will be no more at a loss to write than you will be to fpeak to the perfon were he prefent ; and this is nature with- out affectation , which , generally fpeaking , always pleafes . As to fubjects , you are ...
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... tion may feem , I will venture to say , that ten ap- pear ridiculous on paper through hurry and want of thought for one that is fo thro ' want of under- ftanding . A man that begins a fpeech before he is deter- mined what to fay , will ...
... tion may feem , I will venture to say , that ten ap- pear ridiculous on paper through hurry and want of thought for one that is fo thro ' want of under- ftanding . A man that begins a fpeech before he is deter- mined what to fay , will ...
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... you left us , and are in great expecta- tion of the fome comfortable account in your an- fwer to this , from , dear Pappa , Your most dutiful daughter . LETTER XII . From a young woman , just gone LETTER - WRITER . 33.
... you left us , and are in great expecta- tion of the fome comfortable account in your an- fwer to this , from , dear Pappa , Your most dutiful daughter . LETTER XII . From a young woman , just gone LETTER - WRITER . 33.
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... tion you against speaking ill of any body living , for I know you never ufed to do it ; but if you hear a bad ftory of any body , try to foften it all you can ; and never tell it again , but rather let it flip out of your mind as foon ...
... tion you against speaking ill of any body living , for I know you never ufed to do it ; but if you hear a bad ftory of any body , try to foften it all you can ; and never tell it again , but rather let it flip out of your mind as foon ...
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
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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.