The Complete Letter-writer; Or, Polite English Secretary ...S. Crowder, 1789 |
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Page 37
... ( says Mr Howel , in one of his epiftles ) that the ancients made betwixt a letter and an oration ; the one should be attired like a woman , and the other like a man . The oration is allowed large fide- robes , as long periods ...
... ( says Mr Howel , in one of his epiftles ) that the ancients made betwixt a letter and an oration ; the one should be attired like a woman , and the other like a man . The oration is allowed large fide- robes , as long periods ...
Page 38
... saying fine things , but in ex- preffing ordinary ones with elegance and propriety ; so as to pleafe while it informs , and charm even in giving advice . It should alfo wear an honeft , chearful countenance , like one who truly efteems ...
... saying fine things , but in ex- preffing ordinary ones with elegance and propriety ; so as to pleafe while it informs , and charm even in giving advice . It should alfo wear an honeft , chearful countenance , like one who truly efteems ...
Page 61
... say the truth , I am apt to believe that they are actually promifed to one another . Our coach- man , Thomas , feems to be a very good worthy man ; you may fee by his eyes , that it does his heart good . whenever he can do a kind thing ...
... say the truth , I am apt to believe that they are actually promifed to one another . Our coach- man , Thomas , feems to be a very good worthy man ; you may fee by his eyes , that it does his heart good . whenever he can do a kind thing ...
Page 82
... write to us often . I think I need not say more to fo good a lad as you , to induce you to continue fo . Wor I am Your affectionate brother , D- A- LET . LETTER XXXV . A letter of excufe for filence , 82 THE COMPLETE.
... write to us often . I think I need not say more to fo good a lad as you , to induce you to continue fo . Wor I am Your affectionate brother , D- A- LET . LETTER XXXV . A letter of excufe for filence , 82 THE COMPLETE.
Page 84
... says , " A man is known by the company he keeps . " If fuch men you can fingle out , while you improve by their con- verfation , you will benefit by their advice : and be fure to to remember one thing , that , though you must 84 THE ...
... says , " A man is known by the company he keeps . " If fuch men you can fingle out , while you improve by their con- verfation , you will benefit by their advice : and be fure to to remember one thing , that , though you must 84 THE ...
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Common terms and phrases
acquaintance addrefs adviſe Æneid affectionate affure againſt agreeable alfo almoft anfwer aſk beauty becauſe beft bleffing bufinefs cauſe charms Cleora compliments confonants converfation dear deferves defign defire duty eſteem excufe expreffed fafe faid fame father fatisfaction favour feem feen fenfe fenfible ferve fhall fhort fhould fifter fince fincere fingle fingular firft firſt fome fomething foon fpeak friends ftyle fubject fuch fuffer fuppofe fure fyllable gentleman give happineſs happy heart himſelf honour hope houſe humble fervant huſband juft juſt lady laft laſt leaft leaſt lefs LETTER Madam mafter Mifs mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf neceffary never obferve obliged occafion paffed paffion perfon pleafe pleaſe pleaſure poffible pofitive prefent purpoſe reafon refpect ſhall ſhe Signifies ſpeak thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thought underſtand uſed vifit virtue vowel whofe wife words worfe write young your's yourſelf
Popular passages
Page 182 - THE only news that you can expect to have from me here, is news from heaven, for I am quite out of the world, and there is fcarce any thing can reach me except the noife of thunder, •which undoubtedly you have heard too.
Page 85 - tis his, and hath been slave to thousands: But he that filches from me my good name Robs me of that WHICH NOT ENRICHES HIM, BUT MAKES ME POOR INDEED.
Page 208 - To be present at all the adventures to which human life is exposed, to administer slumber to thy eyelids in the agonies of a fever, to cover thy beloved face in the day of battle, to go with thee a guardian angel incapable of wound or pain, where I have longed to attend thee when a weak, a fearful woman : these, my dear, are the thoughts with which I warm my poor languid heart.
Page 183 - While they were thus bufied, (it was on the laft of July between two and three in the afternoon,) the clouds grew black, and fuch a ftorm of lightning and thunder enfued, that all the labourers made the beft of...
Page 153 - 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 ; which I rather advise might be by a new gift and creation from himself, than by any other means, to the end you may pay the thanks to him without having obligation to any other.
Page 162 - Sweet is the breath of morn, her rifing fweet, With charm of earlieft birds; pleafant the fun, When firft on this delightful land he fpreads His orient beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and...
Page 183 - It was but this very morning that he had obtained her parents' consent, and it was but till the next week that they were to wait to be happy. Perhaps...
Page 191 - ... of his mind, and of his body, in their turns. I have had frequent opportunities of late to...
Page 208 - As we know no more of the next life, but that it will be an happy one to the good, and miserable to the wicked, why may we not please ourselves at least to alleviate the difficulty of resigning this being, in imagining that we shall have a sense of what passes below, and may possibly be employed in guiding the steps of those with whom we walked with innocence when mortal?
Page 225 - ... and the groans of an afflicted wife. And when you are not (which sure by sympathy I shall know), I shall wish my own dissolution with you that so we may go hand in hand to Heaven. 'Tis too late to tell you what...