Four Centuries of English Letters: Selections from the Correspondence of One Hundred and Fifty Writers from the Period of the Paston Letters to the Present DayWilliam Baptiste Scoones Harper & Bros., 1880 - Всего страниц: 573 |
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... object which at first was attempted in the process of selection ; but as the field of choice , thus limited , proved to be so very narrow , and the authors so few , the addition of letters com- bining decided literary merit with ...
... object which at first was attempted in the process of selection ; but as the field of choice , thus limited , proved to be so very narrow , and the authors so few , the addition of letters com- bining decided literary merit with ...
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... object . Your honble usage and promise to me since these my troubles have made me bold to challenge this kindnes at your handes . Pardon me if I have done amiss therein , and spare not , I pray , your bended knees for me in this ...
... object . Your honble usage and promise to me since these my troubles have made me bold to challenge this kindnes at your handes . Pardon me if I have done amiss therein , and spare not , I pray , your bended knees for me in this ...
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... but suddenly as she would fix her eyes upon the object , her sight is presently dazzled and dis- gregated with the refulgency and coruscations thereof . Walking a little further I spied a young boisterous bull 1600 ] 77 ENGLISH LETTERS .
... but suddenly as she would fix her eyes upon the object , her sight is presently dazzled and dis- gregated with the refulgency and coruscations thereof . Walking a little further I spied a young boisterous bull 1600 ] 77 ENGLISH LETTERS .
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... object the shame to my poor children . I thank you for all your goodness to me , and will endeavour so to die as to do nothing unworthy that virtue in which we have mutually supported each other , and for which I desire you not to ...
... object the shame to my poor children . I thank you for all your goodness to me , and will endeavour so to die as to do nothing unworthy that virtue in which we have mutually supported each other , and for which I desire you not to ...
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... your own embroidery , that I may be a fit object for your thoughts and conversation ? This , madam , may suit your greatness , but doth not at all satisfy my ambition . He , who has once flattered himself with 1700 ] 141 ENGLISH LETTERS .
... your own embroidery , that I may be a fit object for your thoughts and conversation ? This , madam , may suit your greatness , but doth not at all satisfy my ambition . He , who has once flattered himself with 1700 ] 141 ENGLISH LETTERS .
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