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 oldal |
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2. oldal
... conversation , make me desirous of being similarly accomplished . I rely on your indulgence to favor me in this parti- cular ; cular ; and flatter myself , by my proficiency , 2 THE SECRETARY . Another upon the same subject.
... conversation , make me desirous of being similarly accomplished . I rely on your indulgence to favor me in this parti- cular ; cular ; and flatter myself , by my proficiency , 2 THE SECRETARY . Another upon the same subject.
4. oldal
... conversation would frequently be insipid . My stating thus the value of geography , is not done under a supposition that I am conveying in- formation to you ; but merely to shew that I am sensible sensible of its advantages . Several ...
... conversation would frequently be insipid . My stating thus the value of geography , is not done under a supposition that I am conveying in- formation to you ; but merely to shew that I am sensible sensible of its advantages . Several ...
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... conversation be generally employed . Our general course of life must denominate us wise or foolish ; happy or miserable : if it is well regulated , we pass on prosperously and smoothly ; as it is neglected , we live in embarrassment ...
... conversation be generally employed . Our general course of life must denominate us wise or foolish ; happy or miserable : if it is well regulated , we pass on prosperously and smoothly ; as it is neglected , we live in embarrassment ...
13. oldal
... conversation being considered as froth , and their friendship supposed as trifling and insipid as their conversation . Cast off , therefore , my dear boy , this sort of behaviour ; and substitute that which is more manly , and ...
... conversation being considered as froth , and their friendship supposed as trifling and insipid as their conversation . Cast off , therefore , my dear boy , this sort of behaviour ; and substitute that which is more manly , and ...
14. oldal
... conversation ; and the means he has pursued to attain this universal art of pleasing are , simply , these : -He always took care to keep good com- pany ( being sensible that he should be characte- rised accordingly ) among such his ears ...
... conversation ; and the means he has pursued to attain this universal art of pleasing are , simply , these : -He always took care to keep good com- pany ( being sensible that he should be characte- rised accordingly ) among such his ears ...
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Gyakori szavak és kifejezések
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. 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.