Literature in Letters, Or, Manners, Art, Criticism, Biography, History, and Morals Illustrated in the Correspondence of Eminent Persons

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James Philemon Holcombe
D. Appleton, 1866 - 520 oldal

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Horace Walpole to H S ConwayVisit to Stowe in Company of
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Bishop Warburton to Dr Hurd Account of the Bishops Visit
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Hannah More to Martha More Description of a Royal Wedding
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Hannah More to her Sister Evening with the Turkish Ambassador
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Dr Beattie to Sir William Forbes Life in the Week and on Sunday
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Mrs Adams to Mrs Cranch Description of a London Rout
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LETTER XLDr Chalmers to his Daughter Description of a Dinner at the Lord
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Hugh S Legaré to his Sisters Visit of the Queen of France to Brus
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Wm H Prescott to Miss Prescott Young Ladies not so much in
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Alexander Pope to Teresa and Martha Blount Visit to Hampton Court
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Alexander Pope to Edward Blount Humor of Wycherley in his last Ill
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The Bishop of Rochester to Alexander Pope Written from ParisIn
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XVII XVIII XIX Correspondence between Mrs Piozzi and
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LETTER XXIIIMr Sterne to Ignatius Sancho In ReplyHumanity knows
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Hannah More to Mr Harford Description of a DroughtEffect
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George Washington to Lieut Gen Burgoyne Letter of Courtesy
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Sir Walter Scott to Mrs Walter Scott Domestic NewsBoresHow
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Robert Southey to his Daughters Description of the Ceremony of con
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Rev Sydney Smith to Lord Murray Calculation to show that a Hundred
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Daniel Webster to Mrs Page Descriptions of the Morning Note Appre
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Thomas Gray to Mr Nicholls SouthamptonNetteley AbbeyDescrip
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Horace Walpole to Richard West Amusements at ParisBurial of
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Thomas Gray to Mr West TurinThe Grande ChartreuseCretins
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Charles Dickens to Lady Blessington MilanAmphitheatre of Verona
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Horace Walpole to Sir Horace Mann Scotch Rebellion in 1745Progress
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Horace Walpole to Sir Horace Mann Execution of the Rebel Lords
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William Strahan to David Hume Wilkes and the Middlesex Elections
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Rev Dr Mayhew to Hon James Otis Jr Importance of Communica
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General Washington to Col Lewis Nicola Rebuking a Suggestion com
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Fisher Ames to George Richards Minot General Washingtons first
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LETTER XXIV Sir Walter Scott to the Duke of Buccleugh Ride over the Field
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Margaret Fuller Madame Ossoli to R W Emerson Siege of Rome
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John Milton to Leonard Philara the Athenian Account of his Loss
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Dr Arbuthnot to Alexander Pope Account of his ConditionExpress
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Alexander Pope to Mr Steele In ReplySends the famous Ode entitled
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Dr Johnson to Lord Chesterfield No Gratitude for his tardy Encourage
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David Hume to Edward Gibbon Advice to write in the English Lan
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Hannah More to her Sister Party ProscriptionDinner at the Bishop
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Thomas Jefferson to Dr Smith Reminiscences of Dr FranklinVener
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Robert Burns to Mr Thompson Origin of Scots wha hae wi Wallace
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Sir Walter Scott to Robert Southey Congratulations on his Appoint
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Miss Berry to Joanna Baillie In ReplyVindication of her Book
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Oliver Cromwell to Col Valentine Walton Announces the Death of
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Hannah More to her Sister Three Requests made by Dr Johnson on
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Rev Robert Hall to W Hollick Feelings on his Recovery from a second
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Rev Dr J M Mason to Capt U S A Advice as to the course
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Hannah More to Mr and Mrs Huber No Dispensation to Genius
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400. oldal - Dictionary is recommended to the public, were written by your Lordship. To be so distinguished is an honour which, being very little accustomed to favours from the great, I know not well how to receive, or in what terms to acknowledge. When, upon some slight encouragement, I first visited your Lordship, I was overpowered, like the rest of mankind, by the enchantment of your address, and could not forbear to wish that I might boast myself Le...
380. oldal - Or man, or woman. Yet I argue not Against Heaven's hand or will, nor bate a jot Of heart or hope, but still bear up and steer Right onward.
434. oldal - While the ploughman, near at hand, ' Whistles o'er the furrowed land, And the milkmaid singeth blithe, And the mower whets his scythe, And every shepherd tells his tale Under the hawthorn in the dale. Straight mine eye hath caught new pleasures Whilst the landscape round it measures...
300. oldal - Try me, good king, but let me have a lawful trial, and let not my sworn enemies sit as my accusers and judges ; yea, let me receive an open trial, for my truth shall fear no open shame...
400. oldal - Seven years, my lord, have now passed since I waited in your outward rooms, or was repulsed from your door, during which time I have been pushing on my work through difficulties of which it is useless to complain, and have brought it at last to the verge of publication, without one act of assistance, one word of encouragement, or one smile of favor. Such treatment I did not expect, for I never had a patron before.
465. oldal - The Left Wing, which I commanded, being our own horse, saving a few Scots in our rear, beat all the Prince's horse. God made them as stubble to our swords.
401. oldal - ... should consider me as owing that to a Patron, which Providence has enabled me to do for myself. Having carried on my work thus far with so little obligation to any...
303. oldal - My loving people, we have been persuaded by some that are careful of our safety, to take heed how we commit ourselves to armed multitudes, for fear of treachery. But I assure you, I do not desire to live to distrust my faithful and loving people.
43. oldal - This grave scene was fully contrasted by the burlesque Duke of Newcastle. He fell into a fit of crying the moment he came into the chapel, and flung himself back in a stall, the Archbishop hovering over him with a...
303. oldal - I am come amongst you as you see at this time, not for my recreation and disport, but being resolved, in the midst and heat of the battle, to live or die amongst you all, to lay down for my God, and for my kingdom, and for my people, my honour and my blood, even in the dust.

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