The Secretary, and Complete Letter Writer: Containing a Collection of Letters Upon Most Occasions and Situations in Life. To which is Added, an Essay on Letter WritingKnott & Lloyd, 1803 - 168 ページ |
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... true morals : it engages and captivates the minds of people ; as on the other hand , nothing is more shocking and disgustful , than presumption and im- pudence . We cannot like a man who is always commending and speaking well of himself ...
... true morals : it engages and captivates the minds of people ; as on the other hand , nothing is more shocking and disgustful , than presumption and im- pudence . We cannot like a man who is always commending and speaking well of himself ...
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... affords to true friends , which is , often hearing from each other 10 other . My mother is highly displeased with you , THE SECRETARY . 7 From a brother at home to a sister abroad on visit, complaining of her not writing -
... affords to true friends , which is , often hearing from each other 10 other . My mother is highly displeased with you , THE SECRETARY . 7 From a brother at home to a sister abroad on visit, complaining of her not writing -
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... the evening to be at the tavern with the earliest . He seldom kept very late hours , it is true ; though he never came home soon . The night being gone , the first part part of the morning was always wanted to dispel the 22 THE SECRETARY .
... the evening to be at the tavern with the earliest . He seldom kept very late hours , it is true ; though he never came home soon . The night being gone , the first part part of the morning was always wanted to dispel the 22 THE SECRETARY .
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... true , all the lustre of his good qualities may be tarnished by some private vices , which are so well concealed as to baffle common observation ; and under the warmest protestations of sincerity , may lurk some villanous design upon ...
... true , all the lustre of his good qualities may be tarnished by some private vices , which are so well concealed as to baffle common observation ; and under the warmest protestations of sincerity , may lurk some villanous design upon ...
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... true , she is of a gay disposition ; but cheerful people , though most liable to misrepresentation , are , generally speaking , the most innocent ; for they alone can long be merry , who have no evil in the mind nor canker at the heart ...
... true , she is of a gay disposition ; but cheerful people , though most liable to misrepresentation , are , generally speaking , the most innocent ; for they alone can long be merry , who have no evil in the mind nor canker at the heart ...
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accusative acquaintance adjective affection affectionate Bedouin brother called could,should dare daugh daughter DEAR SIR death denotes durst duty endeavour esteem evil father formed fortitude fortune friendship FUTURE PERFECT TENSE gentleman give gone Grace happiness heart hope human humble Servant husband IBID IMPERATIVE MOOD INDICATIVE MOOD INFINITIVE MOOD Johnson kind learning letter Lord loved Luxembourg Madam Maignet ment mind mother nature never PARTICIPLE passion perhaps person Petrarch placed pleasure Plural POPE POTENTIAL MOOD PRESENT TENSE PRETER PRETERIMPERFECT TENSE PRETERPERFECT PRETERPLUPERFECT TENSE prison pronoun reason received revolutionary revolutionary tribunal right honourable Robespierre scene sense shew shouldest sincere Singular sometimes soothing soul SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD substantives suffered tears tenderness thing Thou hast Thou mayest Thou mightest Thou shalt tion tribunal Vaucluse verb virtue vowel wife wilt wish words wouldest write young lady your's
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93 ページ - The greatest benefit which one friend can confer upon another, is to guard, and excite, and elevate his virtues. This your mother will still perform, if...
lvii ページ - ... whole The first, last purpose of the human soul ; And knows where faith, law, morals, all began, All end, in love of God and love of man.
vii ページ - Careless their merits, or their faults to scan, His pity gave ere charity began. Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And e'en his failings lean'd to virtue's side ; But in his duty prompt at every call, He watch'd and wept, he prayed and felt for all...
143 ページ - And the green turf lie lightly on thy breast : There shall the morn her earliest tears bestow, There the first roses of the year shall blow; While angels with their silver wings o'ershade The ground, now sacred by thy reliques made.
74 ページ - I am ignorant of any one quality, that is amiable in a man, which is not equally so in a woman : I do not except even modesty and gentleness of nature. Nor do I know one vice or folly, which is not equally detestable in both.
xv ページ - Why form'd so weak, so little, and so blind? First, if thou canst, the harder reason guess, Why form'd no weaker, blinder, and no less?
157 ページ - Wherever we are studious to please, we are afraid of trusting our first thoughts, and endeavour to recommend our opinion by studied ornaments, accuracy of method, and elegance of style.
144 ページ - Burns's poems, and have read them twice ; and though they be written in a language that is new to me, and many of them on subjects much inferior to the author's ability, I think them on the whole a very extraordinary production.
130 ページ - It is the curse of kings, to be attended By slaves, that take their humours for a warrant To break within the bloody house of life ; And, on the winking of authority, To understand a law ; to know the meaning Of dangerous majesty, when, perchance, it frowns More upon humour, than advis'd respect.
84 ページ - Soon after I perceived that I had suffered a paralytic stroke, and that my speech was taken from me. I had no pain, and so little dejection in this dreadful state, that I wondered at my own apathy, and considered that perhaps death itself, when it should come, would excite less horror than seems now to attend it.