The Complete Letter Writer Containing a Great Variety of Letters ...Marion & Hitchcock, Pioneer Bookstore, 1853 - 144 páginas |
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... person were he present ; hence it follows that the more natural a letter is writ . ten the better it is . This remark applies particularly to those which are written to friends and relations upon ordinary topics , where no great degree ...
... person were he present ; hence it follows that the more natural a letter is writ . ten the better it is . This remark applies particularly to those which are written to friends and relations upon ordinary topics , where no great degree ...
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... person who knows nothing about it . Never use hard words unnecessarily ; nor particular words or phrase8 too often use as few parentheses as possible , it is a clumsy way of dis- posing of a sentence , and often embarrasses the reader ...
... person who knows nothing about it . Never use hard words unnecessarily ; nor particular words or phrase8 too often use as few parentheses as possible , it is a clumsy way of dis- posing of a sentence , and often embarrasses the reader ...
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... person whose character might be responsible for your education ; and Mr. Batchelder was at length my choice for that important trust . Your obedience , therefore , must be without murmuring or reluctance ; especially when you reflect ...
... person whose character might be responsible for your education ; and Mr. Batchelder was at length my choice for that important trust . Your obedience , therefore , must be without murmuring or reluctance ; especially when you reflect ...
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... separated in person , yet you are never my thoughts and it is my continual practice to recommend sent from you to the tare of that Being , whose eyes are on all ON RE A. INSHIP . 11 From an elder to a younger brother at school.
... separated in person , yet you are never my thoughts and it is my continual practice to recommend sent from you to the tare of that Being , whose eyes are on all ON RE A. INSHIP . 11 From an elder to a younger brother at school.
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... person to whom they were address- ed ; I am fully sensible of my error , and , on all future occasions shall endeavor to avoid giving the least offence . The advice you sent me in your valuable letter , needs no encomium ; all that I ...
... person to whom they were address- ed ; I am fully sensible of my error , and , on all future occasions shall endeavor to avoid giving the least offence . The advice you sent me in your valuable letter , needs no encomium ; all that I ...
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Palavras e frases frequentes
acquainted affairs affection affectionate affliction agreeable answer appear apprentice attended bless boarding school C. D. his heirs character circumstances comply conduct confess consider daughter DEAR SIR delicacy desire doubt duty endeavor esteem excuse expect father fault favor fortune friendship Gentleman give hand happiness hear heart heirs and assigns honor hope human humble servant husband James Howell John Witherspoon Jonah Barrington kind lady least Let me beg LETTER live lover Lucy Porter manner marriage married mean merit mind Minorca mother nature never New-York obliged observe occasion old tenure parents passion perhaps person pleased pleasure portunities present Princeton College proper prudence Quitclaim Deed reason received respect sent sentiments sincere friend soon spectful taste tenderness thing thought tion tradesman unhappy utmost vanity verdict of twelve virtue whilst wife wish woman women worthy write young young liar youth
Passagens conhecidas
Página 112 - We thus enter the bowers of ease, and repose in the shades of security. Here the heart softens, and vigilance subsides; we are then willing to inquire whether another advance cannot be made, and whether we may not, at least, turn our eyes upon the gardens of pleasure; we approach them with scruple...
Página 138 - And to quit and deliver up the premises to the lessor, or its attorney, peaceably and quietly, at the end of the term, in as good order and condition, reasonable use and wearing thereof, fire and other unavoidable casualties excepted, as the same now are...
Página 136 - He shall not waste the goods of his said Master nor lend them unlawfully to any...
Página 115 - As for you, my good friend, I think, since our first acquaintance, there have not been any of those little suspicions or jealousies that often affect the sincerest friendships; I am sure not on my side. I must be so sincere as to own that, though I could not help...
Página 137 - Massachusetts, yeoman, the receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge, do hereby give, grant, sell and convey to the said...
Página 113 - We entangle ourselves in business, immerge ourselves in luxury, and rove through the labyrinths of inconstancy, till the darkness of old age begins to invade us, and disease and anxiety obstruct our way. We then look back upon our lives with horror, with sorrow, with repentance ; and wish, but too often vainly wish, that we had not forsaken the ways of virtue.
Página 128 - Be studious in your profession, and you will be learned. Be industrious and frugal, and you will be rich. Be sober and temperate, and you will be healthy. Be in general virtuous, and you will be happy. At least, you will, by such conduct, stand the best chance for such consequences.
Página 113 - ... yet remains one effort to be made; that reformation is never hopeless, nor sincere endeavors ever unassisted, that the wanderer may at length return after all his errors, and that he who implores strength and courage from above, shall find danger and difficulty give way before him. Go now, my son, to thy repose, commit thyself to the care of Omnipotence, and when the morning calls again to toil, begin anew thy journey and thy life.
Página 32 - I rather advise might be by a new gift and creation from himself, than by any other means, to the end you may pay the thanks to him without having obligation to any other.
Página 112 - We then relax our vigour, and resolve no longer to be terrified with crimes at a distance, but rely upon our own constancy, and venture to approach what we resolve never to touch.