The Fashionable American Letter Writer: Or, The Art of Polite Correspondence. Containing a Variety of Plain and Elegant Letters on Business, Love, Courtship, Marriage, Relationship, Friendship, &c. With Forms of Complimentary Cards. To the Whole is Prefixed, Directions for Letter Writing, and Rules for CompositionB. Olds, 1839 - 175 ページ |
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acquaint advice affairs affection affectionate father agreeable answer appear assure attention bad beginning bad company bad education beauty behaviour believe brother cerning character Cicero circumstances composition conduct consider conversation convince daugh dear Bill dear girl DEAR SIR delicacy desire dutiful daughter endeavour epistolary esteem excuse fault favour fortune friendship Gentleman give greatest happiness hear heart hope husband indulgence ingra kind Let me beg LETTER lover madam manner marriage marry master mean ment merit mind mother nature never object obliged occasion open vowels parents passion perhaps person pleased pleasure portunity present Princes of Persia promise proper prudence Quintilian reason received respect rience sense sensible sent sentence sentiments sider sincere friend sister sorry spect style tell tence tender thing thought tion virtue wife wish woman words worthy write Young Lady Young Tradesman
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