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 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة lix
... heart ; Despair and rage had some , but love the greater part . ” IBID . A noun of multitude singular may agree with the verb either in the singular or plural number ; as , " The flock feed , or feeds . The fleet sail , or sails ...
... heart ; Despair and rage had some , but love the greater part . ” IBID . A noun of multitude singular may agree with the verb either in the singular or plural number ; as , " The flock feed , or feeds . The fleet sail , or sails ...
الصفحة lxx
... heart to elegies of woe . " IBID . The passive participle , and not the preterimper- fect tense of the verb , should always be used with the neuter verb to be ; as , " The earth was shaken - not shook . " " The book was written - not ...
... heart to elegies of woe . " IBID . The passive participle , and not the preterimper- fect tense of the verb , should always be used with the neuter verb to be ; as , " The earth was shaken - not shook . " " The book was written - not ...
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... heart . You are now at an age when you should be im- proving your faculties , instead of merely diverting them ; and laying in such a fund of knowledge as , when ripened by experience , might make you a worthy member of society . By ...
... heart . You are now at an age when you should be im- proving your faculties , instead of merely diverting them ; and laying in such a fund of knowledge as , when ripened by experience , might make you a worthy member of society . By ...
الصفحة 21
... , and do me the justice to believe that this letter is dictated by a heart full of genuine wishes for your welfare , from one who will always regard every piece of happiness that befals you , as an every THE SECRETARY . 21.
... , and do me the justice to believe that this letter is dictated by a heart full of genuine wishes for your welfare , from one who will always regard every piece of happiness that befals you , as an every THE SECRETARY . 21.
الصفحة 26
... heart . Such a conduct as this will make the busy inter- veners desist from their designs on you , if they have any sense of shame ; and you will be con- vinced that such persons are undeserving your ac- quaintance . By such a conduct ...
... heart . Such a conduct as this will make the busy inter- veners desist from their designs on you , if they have any sense of shame ; and you will be con- vinced that such persons are undeserving your ac- quaintance . By such a conduct ...
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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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الصفحة 93 - 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...
الصفحة lvii - ... 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.
الصفحة vii - 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...
الصفحة 143 - 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.
الصفحة 74 - 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.
الصفحة xv - 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?
الصفحة 157 - 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.
الصفحة 144 - 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.
الصفحة 130 - 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.
الصفحة 84 - 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.