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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... whole may commend itself to the young and unenlightened equally with their more cultured elders ; espe- cially as , I venture to hope , there will nowhere be found a page to offend the most fastidious reader . I am not aware of the ...
... whole may commend itself to the young and unenlightened equally with their more cultured elders ; espe- cially as , I venture to hope , there will nowhere be found a page to offend the most fastidious reader . I am not aware of the ...
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... whole year struck with the dart of love . ' Henry VIII . to Anne Boleyn . [ August , 1528. ] On turning over in my mind the contents of your last letters , I have put myself into great agony , not knowing how to interpret them , whether ...
... whole year struck with the dart of love . ' Henry VIII . to Anne Boleyn . [ August , 1528. ] On turning over in my mind the contents of your last letters , I have put myself into great agony , not knowing how to interpret them , whether ...
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... whole year stricken with the dart of love , and not yet sure whether I shall fail or find a place in your heart and affection , which last point has prevented me for some time past from calling you my mistress ; because , if you only ...
... whole year stricken with the dart of love , and not yet sure whether I shall fail or find a place in your heart and affection , which last point has prevented me for some time past from calling you my mistress ; because , if you only ...
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... whole world . Once your fellowe and lovinge companion but now worthy of noe name but wretchednes and misery , J. D. XVI . This is a happy contrast to the parental 22 [ 1450- ENGLISH LETTERS . Dudley, John, Duke of Northumberland, to the ...
... whole world . Once your fellowe and lovinge companion but now worthy of noe name but wretchednes and misery , J. D. XVI . This is a happy contrast to the parental 22 [ 1450- ENGLISH LETTERS . Dudley, John, Duke of Northumberland, to the ...
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... whole year , having tamed the Spanish , and , as he said , ' singed the King's beard . ' He is writing to that most successful diplo- mat , Walsingham , at the time we were hotly pursuing the retreating Armada . Sir Francis Drake to ...
... whole year , having tamed the Spanish , and , as he said , ' singed the King's beard . ' He is writing to that most successful diplo- mat , Walsingham , at the time we were hotly pursuing the retreating Armada . Sir Francis Drake to ...
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Pagina 238 - I had exhausted all the art of pleasing which a retired and uncourtly scholar can possess. I had done all that I could, and no man is well pleased to have his all neglected, be it ever so little.
Pagina 32 - XXIII. STUDIES IN SPECTRUM ANALYSIS. By J. Norman Lockyer, FRS With six photographic Illustrations of Spectra, and numerous engravings on Wood.
Pagina 21 - A Consul's Manual and Shipowner's and Shipmaster's Practical Guide in their Transactions Abroad. With Definitions of Nautical, Mercantile, and Legal Terms ; a Glossary of Mercantile Terms in English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish ; Tables of the Money, Weights...
Pagina 28 - STEVENSON (Rev. WF). Hymns for the Church and Home. Selected and Edited by the Rev. W. Fleming Stevenson. The most complete Hymn Book published. The Hymn Book consists of Three Parts : — I.
Pagina 24 - MORELL, JR— Euclid Simplified in Method and Language. Being a Manual of Geometry. Compiled from the most important French Works, approved by the University of Paris and the Minister of Public Instruction.
Pagina 267 - Attending the funeral of a father could not be pleasant. His leg extremely bad, yet forced to stand upon it near two hours ; his face bloated and distorted with his late paralytic stroke, which has affected, too, one of his eyes, and placed over the mouth of the vault, into which, in all probability, he must himself so soon descend ; think how unpleasant a situation! He bore it all with a firm and unaffected countenance.
Pagina 32 - XVIII. The Nature of Light : With a General Account of Physical Optics.
Pagina 29 - VYNER (Lady Mary). Every day a Portion. Adapted from the Bible and the Prayer Book, for the Private Devotions of those living in Widowhood. Collected and edited by Lady Mary Vyner. Square crown 8vo. Cloth extra, price 5$.
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.
Pagina 12 - LIFE AND LETTERS OF THE LATE REV. FW ROBERTSON, MA, Edited by. I. Uniform with the Sermons. 2 vols. With Steel Portrait. Price Js. 6ti. II. Library Edition. 8vo. With Portrait. Price 12.-.