The Complete Letter-writer; Or, Polite English Secretary ...S. Crowder, 1789 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 20
Page 88
... reasons for being of a contrary opinion at this time , fhould conclude this to be a mafter - piece of the kind , both in eafinefs of thought , and facility of expref- fion . And in this eafinefs of writing ( which Mr Wycherly fays is ...
... reasons for being of a contrary opinion at this time , fhould conclude this to be a mafter - piece of the kind , both in eafinefs of thought , and facility of expref- fion . And in this eafinefs of writing ( which Mr Wycherly fays is ...
Page 92
... reason , when I ask a favour , ( a thing I feldom chufe to do , ) I always felect the most delicate phrafes I am mif- trefs of ; but in regard to forms , which most people are fick of , and yet furfeit their friends with , these I vary ...
... reason , when I ask a favour , ( a thing I feldom chufe to do , ) I always felect the most delicate phrafes I am mif- trefs of ; but in regard to forms , which most people are fick of , and yet furfeit their friends with , these I vary ...
Page 96
... reason why you will not , perhaps , always comply when you are asked to be of them ; but it is certainly a cause of your being folicited oftener than a- ny woman in the world . After you was gone yesterday , Mr Bohun propofed an ...
... reason why you will not , perhaps , always comply when you are asked to be of them ; but it is certainly a cause of your being folicited oftener than a- ny woman in the world . After you was gone yesterday , Mr Bohun propofed an ...
Page 98
... reason , Lfhould not have called upon you . It is not out of any difrespect to you that I have made the demand , but ... reasons on thefe occafions . If this is cleared up to me , Sir , as I wish , but I fear it cannot be , I fhall make ...
... reason , Lfhould not have called upon you . It is not out of any difrespect to you that I have made the demand , but ... reasons on thefe occafions . If this is cleared up to me , Sir , as I wish , but I fear it cannot be , I fhall make ...
Page 100
... reasons that weighed with me against a very earnest inclination , that , whether you tell I was right or not , you may acquit me of the charge of difobedience , or want of refpect as well as gratitude . The pain with which I faw you ...
... reasons that weighed with me against a very earnest inclination , that , whether you tell I was right or not , you may acquit me of the charge of difobedience , or want of refpect as well as gratitude . The pain with which I faw you ...
Contents
13 | |
42 | |
49 | |
62 | |
65 | |
66 | |
67 | |
68 | |
81 | |
83 | |
84 | |
86 | |
87 | |
88 | |
94 | |
100 | |
69 | |
71 | |
72 | |
75 | |
76 | |
77 | |
78 | |
79 | |
80 | |
107 | |
112 | |
125 | |
129 | |
135 | |
141 | |
149 | |
156 | |
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...