...at ease while they are composed. But, even in these, there incidently arises a topic which requires elevated expression, and an inverted construction....animated emotions of every kind in animated language. The impas.sioned lover writes unnaturally, if he writes with the ease of Sevigne. The dependant writes...

...Much has been said oh the epistolary style," observes Dr. Knox, in his Essays Moral and Literary ; " as if any one style could be appropriated to the great...writes unnaturally to a superior, in the style of fa miliarity. The suppliant writes unnaturally, if he rejects the figures dictated by distress. Conversation...

...there may incidentally arise some topic that requires elevated language. Not to elevate our expressions on these occasions, is to write unnaturally ; for...animated emotions of every kind in animated language. The impassioned lover writes unnaturally, if he writes with the ease of Sevigne. The dependent writes unnaturally...

...ease while they are composed. But, even in these, there incidentally arises a topic, which requires elevated expression, and an inverted construction....animated emotions of every kind in animated language. The impassioned lover writes unnaturally, if he writes with the ease of Sevigne. The dependent writes unnaturally...

...ease while they are composed. But, even in these, there incidentally arises a topic which requires elevated expression, and an inverted construction....animated emotions of every kind in animated language. The impassioned lover writes unnaturally, if he writes with the ease of Sevign6. The dependant writes unnaturally...

...express himself as easily and naturally as in conversation, though with more method and conciseness. The style should be determined, in some measure, by...every style but the poetic ; and what are letters but wiitten conversation? The great rule is to follow Nature, and to avoid an affected manner." The purport...

...familiar letters, written on the common affairs of life, because the mind is usually at ease while -hey are composed. But even in these, topics incidentally...The dependent writes unnaturally to a superior in a style of familiarity; the suppliant writes unnaturally if he rejects the figures dictated by distress....

...familiar letters, written on the common affairs of life, because the mind is usually at ease while ihey are composed. But even in these, topics incidentally...The dependent writes unnaturally to a superior in a style of familiarity; the suppliant writes unnaturally if he rejects the figures dictated by distress....