The New Parlor Letter Writer: Containing a Variety of Letters. Selected from Judicious and Eminent Writers

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1856

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The mothers answer
132
From a young tradesman to a gentleman desiring permission to visit his daughter
133
From the saine to the young lady by permission of her father
134
From a widow to a young man rejecting his suit
135
From a young lady to a gentleman that courted her whom she could not esteem but forced by her parents to receive his visits
136
From a young lady in the country to her father acquainting him with an offer made to her of marriage
137
The answer
138
From Mr Smith to the young ladys father
139
From a gentleman to a lady whom he accuses of inconstancy
140
The ladys answer
141
From a father to his daughters on love and friendship
142
71 72 ib 73 ib 74 ib 136 From a young lady to a gentleman that courted her whom she could not esteem but forced by her parents to receive his visit...
143
From the same to the same on the foregoing subject
145
From a father to his daughters on marriage
146
From the same to the same on the foregoing subject PART IV FRIENDSHIP
147
A letter on friendship written by a gentleman deceased and found amongst his papers
148
From a young woman to a lady with whom she had formerly lived as a companion
149
The ladys answer
150
From a gentleman on his travels abroad to his friend in Lon don on arbitrary power and popish superstition
151
His friends answer
152
From a young merchant to an aged gentleman formerly of the same profession but now retired from business
153
ib ib 69 ib 70 71 72 ib 73 ib 74 ib 75 ib 76
The answer 155 From a gentleman in decayed circumstances in the country to another lately returned from the East Indies recommending his son to ...
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Página 90 - ... least, turn our eyes upon the gardens of pleasure. We approach them with scruple and hesitation ; we enter them, but enter timorous...
Página 87 - Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul; Which long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures; Which rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the grave?
Página 40 - ... promises, kindly stepped in, and carried him away, to where the wicked cease from troubling, and where the weary are at rest ! It is during the time that we lived on this farm, that my little story is most eventful.
Página 90 - 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 90 - 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.
Página 91 - Happy are they, my son, who shall learn from thy example not to despair, but shall remember, that though the day is past, and their strength is wasted, there yet remains one...
Página 113 - Massachusetts, yeoman, the receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge, do hereby give, grant, sell and convey to the said...
Página 93 - I may call upon you, at my hearing, to say somewhat about my way of spending my time at the Deanery, which did not seem calculated towards managing plots and conspiracies. But of that I shall consider. You and I have spent many hours together upon much pleasanter subjects; and that I may preserve the old custom, I shall not part with you now till I have closed this letter with three lines of Milton, which you will, I know, readily, and not without some degree of concern, apply to your ever affectionate,...
Página 65 - There is a case where a woman may coquette justifiably to the utmost verge which her conscience will allow. It is where a gentleman purposely declines to make his addresses, till such time as he thinks himself perfectly sure of her consent.
Página 113 - Graffam his Heirs and Assigns forever, against the lawful Claims and Demands of all Persons.

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