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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... besides the thoughts of being distinguished from the vulgar , the satisfaction I
enjoy from the little I already know , will certainly induce me to seek for farther
improvement . Pray give my duty to Mamma , and my love to my Brothers and
Sisters ...
... besides the thoughts of being distinguished from the vulgar , the satisfaction I
enjoy from the little I already know , will certainly induce me to seek for farther
improvement . Pray give my duty to Mamma , and my love to my Brothers and
Sisters ...
2. oldal
... though he might be poor . As I have no reason to doubt the truth of what you
say , I shall endeavour to be as good a scholar as I can ; which I know will give
great pleasure to you and my mamma , and make every body love me . Pray give
my ...
... though he might be poor . As I have no reason to doubt the truth of what you
say , I shall endeavour to be as good a scholar as I can ; which I know will give
great pleasure to you and my mamma , and make every body love me . Pray give
my ...
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O , my child ! beware of a suspicion , which , if indulged , will not only give you
much present uneasiness , but , by spoiling your temper , wean from you the
affections of your husband . If he is innocent , which is very probable , your
suspicion is ...
O , my child ! beware of a suspicion , which , if indulged , will not only give you
much present uneasiness , but , by spoiling your temper , wean from you the
affections of your husband . If he is innocent , which is very probable , your
suspicion is ...
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... ray of comfort will sometimes break through the gloom , and give the mind
tranquillity and ease . Guilt alone can give durable misery ; in that casc , all the
riches of the world are insufficient to silence a self - accusing 1 the THE
SECRETARY .
... ray of comfort will sometimes break through the gloom , and give the mind
tranquillity and ease . Guilt alone can give durable misery ; in that casc , all the
riches of the world are insufficient to silence a self - accusing 1 the THE
SECRETARY .
87. oldal
physicians are very friendly and tery disinterested , and give me great hopes , but
you may imagine my situation . I have se far recovered my vocal powers , as to
repeat the Lord's prayer with no very imperfect articulation . My memory , I hope ...
physicians are very friendly and tery disinterested , and give me great hopes , but
you may imagine my situation . I have se far recovered my vocal powers , as to
repeat the Lord's prayer with no very imperfect articulation . My memory , I hope ...
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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 |