Four Centuries of English Letters: Selections from the Correspondence of One Hundred and Fifty Writers from the Period of the Paston Letters to the Present DayWilliam Baptiste Scoones Harper & Bros., 1880 - 573 pagini |
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Pagina viii
... of letters ; wherein they should not be put upon any strains of wit or compliment , but taught to express their own plain easy sense without any incoherence , confusion , or roughness . . . . The writing viii PREFACE .
... of letters ; wherein they should not be put upon any strains of wit or compliment , but taught to express their own plain easy sense without any incoherence , confusion , or roughness . . . . The writing viii PREFACE .
Pagina 16
... either words or writing can express , and which nothing can cure , but that begging you , my mistress , to tell your father from me , that I desire him to hasten the time appointed by two days 16 [ 1450- ENGLISH LETTERS .
... either words or writing can express , and which nothing can cure , but that begging you , my mistress , to tell your father from me , that I desire him to hasten the time appointed by two days 16 [ 1450- ENGLISH LETTERS .
Pagina 19
... express the twentieth part thereof . Nevertheless , because God and good will hath so joined you and me together as we must not only be the one a comfort to tho other in sorrow , but also partakers together in any C 2 1600 ] 19 ENGLISH ...
... express the twentieth part thereof . Nevertheless , because God and good will hath so joined you and me together as we must not only be the one a comfort to tho other in sorrow , but also partakers together in any C 2 1600 ] 19 ENGLISH ...
Pagina 25
... express and known commandment to me ; and thereupon I engage to your Majesty my life , honour , and all . God preserve your Majesty , with many happy years , long and prosperously to reign over us . At Sheffield Castle , the 3rd of ...
... express and known commandment to me ; and thereupon I engage to your Majesty my life , honour , and all . God preserve your Majesty , with many happy years , long and prosperously to reign over us . At Sheffield Castle , the 3rd of ...
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... express . Also abbettes , monckes , prest , dont lyttyl or nothyng to put owtt of bockes the beyshatt of Romes name , for y my seylfe do know yn dyvers bockes wher ys name and hys userpt powor upon us ys . No more unto your nobul grace ...
... express . Also abbettes , monckes , prest , dont lyttyl or nothyng to put owtt of bockes the beyshatt of Romes name , for y my seylfe do know yn dyvers bockes wher ys name and hys userpt powor upon us ys . No more unto your nobul grace ...
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Four Centuries of English Letters: Selections from the Correspondence of One ... William Baptiste Scoones Vizualizare completă - 1893 |
Four Centuries of English Letters: Selections from the Correspondence of One ... William Baptiste Scoones Vizualizare completă - 1880 |
Four Centuries of English Letters: Selections from the Correspondence of One ... William Baptiste Scoones Vizualizare completă - 1893 |
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Pagina 32 - XVIII. The Nature of Light : With a General Account of Physical Optics.
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Pagina 33 - Vera." 2 vols. Fifth Edition. Cloth, gilt tops, I2j. *„* Also a Cheaper Edition in i vol. With Frontispiece. Crown 8vo. Cloth, price 6s. BLU ME (Major W.). The Operations of the German Armies in France, from Sedan to the end of the war of 187071. With Map. From the Journals of the Head-quarters Staff. Translated by the late EM Jones, Maj.
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