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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... write English with due connexion , propriety , and order , and are pretty well masters of a tolerable narrative style , they may be advanced to writing of letters ; wherein they should not be put upon any strains of wit or compliment ...
... write English with due connexion , propriety , and order , and are pretty well masters of a tolerable narrative style , they may be advanced to writing of letters ; wherein they should not be put upon any strains of wit or compliment ...
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... writing of letters has so much to do in all the occurrences of human life , that no gentleman can avoid showing himself in this kind of writing : occasions will daily force him to make use of his pen , which , besides the consequences ...
... writing of letters has so much to do in all the occurrences of human life , that no gentleman can avoid showing himself in this kind of writing : occasions will daily force him to make use of his pen , which , besides the consequences ...
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... write unto you at this time ; and will and desire you that , preparing on horseback , defensibly arrayed , four score persons , whereof we desire you to make as many spears , with their custrells , ' and demi - lances , wellhorsed as ye ...
... write unto you at this time ; and will and desire you that , preparing on horseback , defensibly arrayed , four score persons , whereof we desire you to make as many spears , with their custrells , ' and demi - lances , wellhorsed as ye ...
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... write to you , I will not , that it be all empty of some advices , which my natural care of you provoked me to wish you to follow , as documents to you in this your tender age . Let your first action be , the lifting up of your mind to ...
... write to you , I will not , that it be all empty of some advices , which my natural care of you provoked me to wish you to follow , as documents to you in this your tender age . Let your first action be , the lifting up of your mind to ...
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... my true and faithful services . I have presumed to write to her Majesty touching this allowance , by your Lordship's good means . I doubt not her Majesty will think it well bestowed of me , if 26 [ 1450- 26 ENGLISH LETTERS .
... my true and faithful services . I have presumed to write to her Majesty touching this allowance , by your Lordship's good means . I doubt not her Majesty will think it well bestowed of me , if 26 [ 1450- 26 ENGLISH LETTERS .
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