The Letter Writer: Containing a Great Variety of Letters on the Following Subjects: Relationship--business--love, Courtship and Marriage--friendship--and Miscellaneous LettersC. Gaylord, 1831 - 139 páginas |
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... these : Think what you wish to say , and put it on paper in the words that most readily occur to your mind , always endeavoring " to use proper words in proper places . " In answering a letter , always attend to any questions.
... these : Think what you wish to say , and put it on paper in the words that most readily occur to your mind , always endeavoring " to use proper words in proper places . " In answering a letter , always attend to any questions.
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... wish for , and in particular Your most humble and dutiful daughter . LETTER 5 . From a young Miss to her Brother in the country . DFAR WILLIAM , You seem to make good the old proverb , " Out of sight , out of mind . " It is now two ...
... wish for , and in particular Your most humble and dutiful daughter . LETTER 5 . From a young Miss to her Brother in the country . DFAR WILLIAM , You seem to make good the old proverb , " Out of sight , out of mind . " It is now two ...
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... wish to come within , reach of the sound of it , when anger sets it in motion . As this is the only thing which can ren- der my sister less agreeable , I shall be very cautious to avoid setting the little alarum in motion , especially ...
... wish to come within , reach of the sound of it , when anger sets it in motion . As this is the only thing which can ren- der my sister less agreeable , I shall be very cautious to avoid setting the little alarum in motion , especially ...
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... wish you to support the dignity of a youth , be nei ther mean nor arrogant . I have nothing more now to add , than to pray God to give you grace and abilities , and that your own endeavors may second the views of An affectionate father ...
... wish you to support the dignity of a youth , be nei ther mean nor arrogant . I have nothing more now to add , than to pray God to give you grace and abilities , and that your own endeavors may second the views of An affectionate father ...
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... wish to deve understanding from the knowledge of others , improved by a long life and philosophical ex- perience ; but the ignorant old man is to company for himself , nor any one else , unless over a pitcher or a bottle , when the ...
... wish to deve understanding from the knowledge of others , improved by a long life and philosophical ex- perience ; but the ignorant old man is to company for himself , nor any one else , unless over a pitcher or a bottle , when the ...
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Palavras e frases frequentes
acquainted advice affairs affection affectionate affliction agreeable appear apprentice assure attended bad company Bill of Exchange bless boarding school brother C. D. his heirs character circumstances comply conduct confess consider daughter DEAR SIR desire dollars doubt duty endeavor esteem excuse expect father fault favor fortune friendship give hand happiness hear heart heirs and assigns HONORED SIR hope humble servant husband ib ib indulgence John Witherspoon Jonah Barrington kind least Let me beg LETTER live lover madam manner marriage married master mean mind Minorca mother nature never New-York obliged observe occasion old tenure parents passion perhaps person pleased pleasure present promise prudence Quitclaim Deed reason received respect sent sentiments soon spectful tenderness thing THOMAS RUSSELL thought tion tradesman unhappy vanity Vauxhall Garden virtue whilst wife wish woman worthy write youth
Passagens conhecidas
Página 109 - 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 138 - ... to quit and deliver up the premises to the lessor or his 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 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 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.
Página 112 - By degrees we let fall the remembrance of our original intention, and quit the only adequate object of rational desire. 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.
Página 113 - ... 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. 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 112 - ... least, turn our eyes upon the gardens of pleasure. We approach them with scruple and hesitation ; we enter them, but enter timorous...
Página 137 - Massachusetts, yeoman, the receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge, do hereby give, grant, sell and convey to the said...
Página 113 - ... yet remains one effort to be made ; that reformation is never hopeless, nor sincere endeavours 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 116 - You will then find comfort for the past, and support for the future. He that has given you happiness in marriage, to a degree of which, without personal knowledge, I should have thought the description fabulous, can give you another mode of happiness, as a mother ; and at last the happiness of losing all temporal cares in the thoughts of an eternity in Heaven.