The Young Man's Book of Classical Letters: Consisting of Epistolary Selections; Designed to Improve Young Ladies and Gentlemen in the Art of Letter-writing ... with Introductory Rules and Observations on Epistolary CompositionGrigg & Elliot, 1841 - 320 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة 30
... Buddh himself , being one of 17,575 he preached in his way between Rajmaha noora and Nalundranoora , concerning the state of ab- sorption into the Deity . William Cowper , Esq , to Mrs. Newton . DEAR 30 CLASSICAL LETTERS .
... Buddh himself , being one of 17,575 he preached in his way between Rajmaha noora and Nalundranoora , concerning the state of ab- sorption into the Deity . William Cowper , Esq , to Mrs. Newton . DEAR 30 CLASSICAL LETTERS .
الصفحة 32
... dear madam , W. C. The poem of " The Doves . " Vide Cowper's Poems , Vol . I. Miss H. More to Mrs. Gwatkin . MY DEAR MADAM 32 CLASSICAL LETTERS .
... dear madam , W. C. The poem of " The Doves . " Vide Cowper's Poems , Vol . I. Miss H. More to Mrs. Gwatkin . MY DEAR MADAM 32 CLASSICAL LETTERS .
الصفحة 33
... DEAR MADAM , August 9 , 1778 . I RECEIVED your favour on Saturday , and though I could not but be infinitely concerned at the melan . choly cause of your sudden departure , yet I cannot say I was in the least surprised at it , as it is ...
... DEAR MADAM , August 9 , 1778 . I RECEIVED your favour on Saturday , and though I could not but be infinitely concerned at the melan . choly cause of your sudden departure , yet I cannot say I was in the least surprised at it , as it is ...
الصفحة 35
... dear Master Lovell , and earnest wishes for his speedy recovery . I am , my dear madam , With the most perfect esteem , Your ever obliged and affectionate humble servant , H. MORE . From H. More to her sister . Hampton , 1780 . MRS ...
... dear Master Lovell , and earnest wishes for his speedy recovery . I am , my dear madam , With the most perfect esteem , Your ever obliged and affectionate humble servant , H. MORE . From H. More to her sister . Hampton , 1780 . MRS ...
الصفحة 41
... DEAR WEST , ONE hates writing descriptions that are to be found in every book of travels ; but we have seen something to - day that I am sure you never read of , and perhaps never heard of . Have you ever heard of the subterraneous town ...
... DEAR WEST , ONE hates writing descriptions that are to be found in every book of travels ; but we have seen something to - day that I am sure you never read of , and perhaps never heard of . Have you ever heard of the subterraneous town ...
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acquaintance Adieu admire affection affectionate agreeable ANNA SEWARD answer assure beautiful believe bishop bless border ballads Burke Byron comfort CONYERS MIDDLETON Cowper dear friend dear madam DEAR SIR death desire Edmund Burke EDWARD GIBBON endeavour epistolary esteem express favour feel Franklin friendship give hand happy hear heart HENRY KIRKE WHITE honour hope Horace Walpole humble servant JAMES BEATTIE JAMES THOMSON John Dryden Julius Cæsar kind labour Lady learned less letter live Lord Lord Byron Lord Kilmarnock lordship mean ment mind never night obliged occasion perhaps person pleased pleasure poem pray present reason received remember respect sent sentiments sincere soon sorry spirit sure tell thank thing thought tion town translation Trenton verse virtue Walpole William Cowper wish word write written yesterday young
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الصفحة 155 - Is not a patron, my Lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and when he has reached ground, encumbers him with help...
الصفحة 154 - I have been lately informed by the proprietor of ' The World,' that two papers, in which my ' 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...
الصفحة 154 - Le vainqueur du vainqueur de la terre; that I might obtain that regard for which I saw the world contending : but I found my attendance so little encouraged that neither pride nor modesty would suffer me to continue it.
الصفحة 47 - And every shepherd tells his tale Under the hawthorn in the dale. Straight mine eye hath caught new pleasures...
الصفحة 318 - He was pleased to coincide, and to dwell on the description of your Jameses as no less royal than poetical. He spoke alternately of Homer and yourself, and seemed well acquainted with hoth ; so that (with the exception of the Turks * and your humble servant) you were in very good company.
الصفحة 254 - The morning after my exit, the sun will rise as bright as ever, the flowers smell as sweet, the plants spring as green, the world will proceed in its old course, people will laugh as heartily, and marry as fast, as they were used to do. The memory of man, as it is elegantly expressed in the Wisdom of Solomon, passcth away as the remembrance of a guest that tarrieth but one day.
الصفحة 158 - It is like that of a fine organ; has the fullest and the deepest tones of majesty, with all the softness and elegance of the Dorian flute. Variety without end and never equalled, unless perhaps by Virgil.
الصفحة 226 - Almost all the parts of our bodies require some expense. The feet demand shoes ; the legs stockings ; the rest of the body clothing ; and the belly a good deal of victuals. Our eyes, though exceedingly useful, ask, when reasonable, only the cheap assistance of spectacles, which could not much impair our finances. But the eyes of other people are the eyes that ruin us. If all but myself were blind, I should want neither fine clothes, fine houses. nor fine furniture.
الصفحة 235 - God grant, that not only the Love of Liberty, but a thorough Knowledge of the Rights of Man, may pervade all the Nations of the Earth, so that a Philosopher may set his Foot anywhere on its Surface, and say, "This is my Country.
الصفحة 254 - For honourable age is not that which standeth in length of time, nor that is measured by number of years ; but wisdom is the grey hair unto men, and an unspotted life is old age.