The Complete Letter-writer; Or, Polite English Secretary ...S. Crowder, 1789 |
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... myself with fuch goods as at prefent I want , I have fent you a fmall order , as un- derwritten . I hope you will ufe me well , and let the goods be good of the forts , though I cannot be in London to look them out myself . I have ...
... myself with fuch goods as at prefent I want , I have fent you a fmall order , as un- derwritten . I hope you will ufe me well , and let the goods be good of the forts , though I cannot be in London to look them out myself . I have ...
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... myself , as to neglect my duty defignedly . I fhall certainly write to mamma by next poft : this is just a - going , which obliges me to conclude , with my duty to dear mamma , and fincere re- fpects to all friends . Your ever ...
... myself , as to neglect my duty defignedly . I fhall certainly write to mamma by next poft : this is just a - going , which obliges me to conclude , with my duty to dear mamma , and fincere re- fpects to all friends . Your ever ...
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... myself you are too well convinced of fteady adherence to my duty and affection , ever to i- magine I will omit the least opportunity that offers to pay you my most humble duty . 1 I beg my dear pappa may not be offended , if I fay ...
... myself you are too well convinced of fteady adherence to my duty and affection , ever to i- magine I will omit the least opportunity that offers to pay you my most humble duty . 1 I beg my dear pappa may not be offended , if I fay ...
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... myself obliged to celebrate the nymph of these springs in grateful fonnets . But let time and feafons operate as they may , there is one part of me over which they will have no power ; and , in all the changes of this uncertain ...
... myself obliged to celebrate the nymph of these springs in grateful fonnets . But let time and feafons operate as they may , there is one part of me over which they will have no power ; and , in all the changes of this uncertain ...
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... myself with fecing my commands obeyed , and that no part of what I have faid will be loft upon you , which a little more time and knowledge of the world will fhew you the value of , and prove to you , more than any indulgence I could ...
... myself with fecing my commands obeyed , and that no part of what I have faid will be loft upon you , which a little more time and knowledge of the world will fhew you the value of , and prove to you , more than any indulgence I could ...
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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...