The Secretary, and Complete Letter Writer: Containing a Collection of Letters Upon Most Occasions and Situations in Life. To which is Added, an Essay on Letter WritingKnott & Lloyd, 1803 - 168 עמודים |
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עמוד vi
... observe the following stops , or points of distinction , which are six : A COMMA A PERIOD 9 A SEMICOLON A COLON AN INTERROGATION AN EXCLAMATION ! A COMMA is the shortest stop , and may be held while the reader can tell one . It is ...
... observe the following stops , or points of distinction , which are six : A COMMA A PERIOD 9 A SEMICOLON A COLON AN INTERROGATION AN EXCLAMATION ! A COMMA is the shortest stop , and may be held while the reader can tell one . It is ...
עמוד 10
... what you are pleased ; and shall take great delight in knowing what impression new modes or new characters make upon you , and to observe observe with what attention you distinguish the tempers , dispositions 10 THE SECRETARY .
... what you are pleased ; and shall take great delight in knowing what impression new modes or new characters make upon you , and to observe observe with what attention you distinguish the tempers , dispositions 10 THE SECRETARY .
עמוד 11
... observe with what attention you distinguish the tempers , dispositions , and abilities of your com- panions . A letter may be always made out of the books of the morning , or talk of the evening ; and any letters from you , my dearest ...
... observe with what attention you distinguish the tempers , dispositions , and abilities of your com- panions . A letter may be always made out of the books of the morning , or talk of the evening ; and any letters from you , my dearest ...
עמוד 13
... observe them . Your's , is an error of judgment , and not of disposition ; and , therefore may be easily rectified . You , I know , intend it for civi- lity and politeness , but you are mistaken ; for forced and affected compliments are ...
... observe them . Your's , is an error of judgment , and not of disposition ; and , therefore may be easily rectified . You , I know , intend it for civi- lity and politeness , but you are mistaken ; for forced and affected compliments are ...
עמוד 17
... observe ? Do you think it honest to break through engagements , into which you have so solemnly entered ? Seven years , several of which are elapsed , are not so long a term but you may see it termi- nate before you are over fit to be ...
... observe ? Do you think it honest to break through engagements , into which you have so solemnly entered ? Seven years , several of which are elapsed , are not so long a term but you may see it termi- nate before you are over fit to be ...
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מונחים וביטויים נפוצים
accusative acquaintance adjective affection affectionate Bedouin brother called could,should dare daugh daughter DEAR SIR death denotes durst duty endeavour esteem evil father formed fortitude fortune friendship FUTURE PERFECT TENSE gentleman give gone Grace happiness heart hope human humble Servant husband IBID IMPERATIVE MOOD INDICATIVE MOOD INFINITIVE MOOD Johnson kind learning letter Lord loved Luxembourg Madam Maignet ment mind mother nature never PARTICIPLE passion perhaps person Petrarch placed pleasure Plural POPE POTENTIAL MOOD PRESENT TENSE PRETER PRETERIMPERFECT TENSE PRETERPERFECT PRETERPLUPERFECT TENSE prison pronoun reason received revolutionary revolutionary tribunal right honourable Robespierre scene sense shew shouldest sincere Singular sometimes soothing soul SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD substantives suffered tears tenderness thing Thou hast Thou mayest Thou mightest Thou shalt tion tribunal Vaucluse verb virtue vowel wife wilt wish words wouldest write young lady your's
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עמוד 93 - The greatest benefit which one friend can confer upon another, is to guard, and excite, and elevate his virtues. This your mother will still perform, if...
עמוד lvii - ... whole The first, last purpose of the human soul ; And knows where faith, law, morals, all began, All end, in love of God and love of man.
עמוד vii - Careless their merits, or their faults to scan, His pity gave ere charity began. Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And e'en his failings lean'd to virtue's side ; But in his duty prompt at every call, He watch'd and wept, he prayed and felt for all...
עמוד 143 - And the green turf lie lightly on thy breast : There shall the morn her earliest tears bestow, There the first roses of the year shall blow; While angels with their silver wings o'ershade The ground, now sacred by thy reliques made.
עמוד 74 - I am ignorant of any one quality, that is amiable in a man, which is not equally so in a woman : I do not except even modesty and gentleness of nature. Nor do I know one vice or folly, which is not equally detestable in both.
עמוד xv - Why form'd so weak, so little, and so blind? First, if thou canst, the harder reason guess, Why form'd no weaker, blinder, and no less?
עמוד 157 - Wherever we are studious to please, we are afraid of trusting our first thoughts, and endeavour to recommend our opinion by studied ornaments, accuracy of method, and elegance of style.
עמוד 144 - Burns's poems, and have read them twice ; and though they be written in a language that is new to me, and many of them on subjects much inferior to the author's ability, I think them on the whole a very extraordinary production.
עמוד 130 - It is the curse of kings, to be attended By slaves, that take their humours for a warrant To break within the bloody house of life ; And, on the winking of authority, To understand a law ; to know the meaning Of dangerous majesty, when, perchance, it frowns More upon humour, than advis'd respect.
עמוד 84 - Soon after I perceived that I had suffered a paralytic stroke, and that my speech was taken from me. I had no pain, and so little dejection in this dreadful state, that I wondered at my own apathy, and considered that perhaps death itself, when it should come, would excite less horror than seems now to attend it.