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 Writing |
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13. oldal
... their conversation being considered as froth , and their friendship supposed as
trifiing and insipid as their conversation . Cast off , therefore , my dear boy , this
sort of behaviour ; and substitute that which is more manly , and consistent with ...
... their conversation being considered as froth , and their friendship supposed as
trifiing and insipid as their conversation . Cast off , therefore , my dear boy , this
sort of behaviour ; and substitute that which is more manly , and consistent with ...
14. oldal
example is better than twenty precepts ) he is esteemed an accomplished
gentleman ; every one is pleased with his behaviour , and charmed with his
conversation , and the means he has pursued to attain this universal art of
pleasing are ...
example is better than twenty precepts ) he is esteemed an accomplished
gentleman ; every one is pleased with his behaviour , and charmed with his
conversation , and the means he has pursued to attain this universal art of
pleasing are ...
15. oldal
Conversation is a kind of banquet , which every one present is entitled to a share
of ; and no one has a right to engross the whole feast to himself : for , by that
means , improvement , which is the grand object of conversation , is totally
excluded ...
Conversation is a kind of banquet , which every one present is entitled to a share
of ; and no one has a right to engross the whole feast to himself : for , by that
means , improvement , which is the grand object of conversation , is totally
excluded ...
18. oldal
Lay together the substance of a whole evening's conversation with frothy
companions ; and reflect if all the knowledge you derive from it is worth breaking
your rest for , exclusive of the dangers you run with respect to your character and
...
Lay together the substance of a whole evening's conversation with frothy
companions ; and reflect if all the knowledge you derive from it is worth breaking
your rest for , exclusive of the dangers you run with respect to your character and
...
159. oldal
... Letters , 66 tended as resemblances of conversation , and the 66 chief
excellencies of conversation are good P2 . 66 humour by ance . says he , are in“
humour and good breeding . ” This remark equally valuable THE SECRETARY .
159.
... Letters , 66 tended as resemblances of conversation , and the 66 chief
excellencies of conversation are good P2 . 66 humour by ance . says he , are in“
humour and good breeding . ” This remark equally valuable THE SECRETARY .
159.
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acquaintance affection answer appears brother called character conduct consider considerable conversation dare dear death duty evil Excellency expect expressed eyes father feel formed fortune friendship FUTURE give gone hands happiness heard heart honourable hope human husband INDICATIVE MOOD keep kind lady late least less letter live look Lord loved Madam manner means mind MOOD mother nature necessary never night object observe passed PERFECT perhaps person placed pleasure Plural present PRETERIMPERFECT TENSE PRETERPERFECT prison pronoun proper reason received relation respect rules scene seems sense Servant short Singular sometimes sounds speak substantives suffer taken tears TENSE thing thou thought tion true verb virtue whole wife wish write young
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93. oldal - 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. oldal - ... 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. oldal - 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. oldal - 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. oldal - 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. oldal - 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. oldal - 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. oldal - 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. oldal - 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. oldal - 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.
Bibliográfiai információk
| Cím | 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 Writing |
| Kiadó | Knott & Lloyd, 1803 |
| Eredeti forrása | a New York-i Közkönyvtár |
| Digitalizálva: | 2007. máj. 16. |
| Terjedelem | 168 oldal |
| Idézet exportálása | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |