The fashionable letter-writer; or, Art of polite correspondence, in original letters, etc. [ed.] by W. LimmingDean&Son, 1873 - 216 pages |
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... present age , seem to be fully sensible of its merits and utility . Indeed , epistolary writings appear , in some degree , to have triumphed over every other species of composition : the historian has sometimes adopted it ; poets have ...
... present age , seem to be fully sensible of its merits and utility . Indeed , epistolary writings appear , in some degree , to have triumphed over every other species of composition : the historian has sometimes adopted it ; poets have ...
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... present , by means of words or sounds , which they uttered . Afterwards , they derived this further method of mutual communication with one another , when ab- sent , by means of marks or characters , pre- sented to the eye , which we ...
... present , by means of words or sounds , which they uttered . Afterwards , they derived this further method of mutual communication with one another , when ab- sent , by means of marks or characters , pre- sented to the eye , which we ...
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... present method of writing on paper , is an invention of no greater antiquity , in Europe , than the fourteenth century . DIRECTIONS FOR LETTER - WRITING . WRITERS of letters on c 3 OF WRITING . 17 to the days of Solon, the celebrated ...
... present method of writing on paper , is an invention of no greater antiquity , in Europe , than the fourteenth century . DIRECTIONS FOR LETTER - WRITING . WRITERS of letters on c 3 OF WRITING . 17 to the days of Solon, the celebrated ...
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... present ; if we do so , we shall seldom fail to write well . A strict attention to the preceding direc- tions will soon convince the learner that he has not wasted his time in a fruitless pursuit . Indeed , by devoting ourselves ...
... present ; if we do so , we shall seldom fail to write well . A strict attention to the preceding direc- tions will soon convince the learner that he has not wasted his time in a fruitless pursuit . Indeed , by devoting ourselves ...
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... under any inconvenience to send the whole amount , as a part of the sum due will be sufficient at present , and serve , Mr. Cowper . Yours truly , WM . NEWTON . Answer . Dear Sir , Hertford , June 5th , 30 FASHIONABLE.
... under any inconvenience to send the whole amount , as a part of the sum due will be sufficient at present , and serve , Mr. Cowper . Yours truly , WM . NEWTON . Answer . Dear Sir , Hertford , June 5th , 30 FASHIONABLE.
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18 Your letter Adapted to Youth affectionate agreeable anxious assured August believe beloved best wishes character Charles Johnson conduct CORNER'S HISTORICAL LIBRARY Corner's History creditors daughter dear father dear friend dear girl dear madam dearest decease doubt Earliest Period EDWARD DARLINGTON endeavour execut executors expect favour feel gentleman George Wilson give happy HARRIET WILSON hear heart hereby hereunto set hieroglyphics hope JAMES JANE JOHN JOHN BINN John Gilbert June 6th kind lady lady's answer London Lord Lordship LUDGATE HILL Majesty's Maria marriage Miss Corner mother never obedient servant obliged payment person pleasure present punctual racter receipt received remain reply request respect Right Honourable Robert Simmonds September set my hand sincerely sister solicit sorry testament testat thereof thousand eight hundred tion truly trust trustee or trustees United Kingdom unto whatsoever wife WILLIAM William Robson witness whereof writing young
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