Gossip about Letters and Letter-writersEdmonston and Douglas, 1870 - 256 páginas |
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... John Fenn , a celebrated antiquary of the eighteenth century . The authenticity of these letters , which long formed a subject of contro- versy , has now been fully established by the recent elaborate investigations of the London ...
... John Fenn , a celebrated antiquary of the eighteenth century . The authenticity of these letters , which long formed a subject of contro- versy , has now been fully established by the recent elaborate investigations of the London ...
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... JOHN PASTON , -Son , I greet you well , and send you God's blessing and mine , and let you weet ( know ) that Robert Hill came home- ward by Orwellbury , and Gurney telled him he had been at London for money , and could not speeden ...
... JOHN PASTON , -Son , I greet you well , and send you God's blessing and mine , and let you weet ( know ) that Robert Hill came home- ward by Orwellbury , and Gurney telled him he had been at London for money , and could not speeden ...
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... JOHN PASTON TO EDMOND Grey , Lord of HASTINGS , ETC. THE LORD GREY , -Right worshipful and my right good Lord , I recommend me to your good Lordship , and whereas it pleased your Lordship to direct your letter to me for a marriage for ...
... JOHN PASTON TO EDMOND Grey , Lord of HASTINGS , ETC. THE LORD GREY , -Right worshipful and my right good Lord , I recommend me to your good Lordship , and whereas it pleased your Lordship to direct your letter to me for a marriage for ...
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... John Mitford in 1853 . THOMAS GRAY TO THE REV . W. MASON . 1765 . DEAR MASON , -Res est sacra miser ( says the poet ) , but I say it is the happy man that is the sacred thing , and therefore let the profane keep their distance . . . . I ...
... John Mitford in 1853 . THOMAS GRAY TO THE REV . W. MASON . 1765 . DEAR MASON , -Res est sacra miser ( says the poet ) , but I say it is the happy man that is the sacred thing , and therefore let the profane keep their distance . . . . I ...
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... is embarrassing . There is Mrs. present H. , Mrs. late H. , and Mrs. John H. , and to which of the three Mrs. Wigginses it appertains I don't know . I wanted to open it , but it's transportation . to P. G. Patmore . 71 I am sorry you.
... is embarrassing . There is Mrs. present H. , Mrs. late H. , and Mrs. John H. , and to which of the three Mrs. Wigginses it appertains I don't know . I wanted to open it , but it's transportation . to P. G. Patmore . 71 I am sorry you.
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