English Letters and Letterwriters of the Eighteenth Century: With Explanatory NotesG. Bell & Sons, 1886 - 552 страници |
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... begin the English classical letter - writers . Few words are necessary to explain the plan and scope of the present volume , which will be followed by others , completing the series . 1. - No Letters have been included ,
... begin the English classical letter - writers . Few words are necessary to explain the plan and scope of the present volume , which will be followed by others , completing the series . 1. - No Letters have been included ,
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... present volume has been unavoidably delayed , the plan of the work having been formed , and the larger part of the matter having been arranged , four years ago . December , 1885 . CONTENTS . I - THE LIFE AND WRITINGS OF SWIFT.
... present volume has been unavoidably delayed , the plan of the work having been formed , and the larger part of the matter having been arranged , four years ago . December , 1885 . CONTENTS . I - THE LIFE AND WRITINGS OF SWIFT.
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... present neither at her last moments nor at her interment - Notice of her death in his Character of Mrs. Johnson - His settled melancholy and gloom after her death— A rapid succession of political pamphlets , satires , and tracts - Indig ...
... present neither at her last moments nor at her interment - Notice of her death in his Character of Mrs. Johnson - His settled melancholy and gloom after her death— A rapid succession of political pamphlets , satires , and tracts - Indig ...
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... present to the Princess - His pledge if she will wear it - No courtier - Mrs . Howard's headaches - Extracts from letter of Mrs. Howard ( note ) . 191-193 • · 190-191 194-196 TO THE HON . MRS . HOWARD . Obliquity of Mrs. Howard's ...
... present to the Princess - His pledge if she will wear it - No courtier - Mrs . Howard's headaches - Extracts from letter of Mrs. Howard ( note ) . 191-193 • · 190-191 194-196 TO THE HON . MRS . HOWARD . Obliquity of Mrs. Howard's ...
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... present and prospective , of his Chapter - Gay turned out of his lodgings at Whitehall - Walpole's magnanimity - A cargo of violent colds- Regrets he does not know the Duchess of Queensberry - Her own fault - Her dignity and spirit ...
... present and prospective , of his Chapter - Gay turned out of his lodgings at Whitehall - Walpole's magnanimity - A cargo of violent colds- Regrets he does not know the Duchess of Queensberry - Her own fault - Her dignity and spirit ...
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