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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104. oldal
The contrast between the prison where we were going to be led , and that home
which was now closed against us , perhaps for years , filled my heart with a pang
for which language bas no utterance . Some of the guards were disposed to ...
The contrast between the prison where we were going to be led , and that home
which was now closed against us , perhaps for years , filled my heart with a pang
for which language bas no utterance . Some of the guards were disposed to ...
106. oldal
After passing the whole day . , as we had done the night , in the comunittee -
room , orders arrived from the municipality to send us to the former palace , now
the prison of the Luxembourg , where we were attended by , two , guards within
each ...
After passing the whole day . , as we had done the night , in the comunittee -
room , orders arrived from the municipality to send us to the former palace , now
the prison of the Luxembourg , where we were attended by , two , guards within
each ...
109. oldal
... since it prevented such of the prisoners as were more light - hearted than the
rest , from singing all night long , to the annoyance of others of their neighbours
who might think the music which resounded through the prison during the day
fully ...
... since it prevented such of the prisoners as were more light - hearted than the
rest , from singing all night long , to the annoyance of others of their neighbours
who might think the music which resounded through the prison during the day
fully ...
110. oldal
... down the room ; others gazed from the windows on the walks below , where ,
perhaps , they recognized a relation or a friend , who , being denied the privilege
of visiting the prison , had come to sooth them with a look or tear of sympathy .
... down the room ; others gazed from the windows on the walks below , where ,
perhaps , they recognized a relation or a friend , who , being denied the privilege
of visiting the prison , had come to sooth them with a look or tear of sympathy .
131. oldal
M. Bitauby and his wife were dragged to prison in the beginning of the winter ,
where they languished ten months ; and deprived of those cares , which their age
and infirmities required , they had almost sunk beneath their weight . Madame ...
M. Bitauby and his wife were dragged to prison in the beginning of the winter ,
where they languished ten months ; and deprived of those cares , which their age
and infirmities required , they had almost sunk beneath their weight . Madame ...
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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 |
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