Gossip about Letters and Letter-writersEdmonston and Douglas, 1870 - 256 páginas |
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... common phrase with us . If you go through Bulloign ( Boulogne ) , inquire if old Godfrey is living , and how he got home from the Cru- sades . He must be a very old man now . If there is anything new in politics or literature in France ...
... common phrase with us . If you go through Bulloign ( Boulogne ) , inquire if old Godfrey is living , and how he got home from the Cru- sades . He must be a very old man now . If there is anything new in politics or literature in France ...
Página 81
... common topic of consolation must be , for the time at least , even an irritation to affliction . Grieve , then , my dear Lord , or I should say my dear and much honoured friend , for sorrow for the time levels the highest dis- tinctions ...
... common topic of consolation must be , for the time at least , even an irritation to affliction . Grieve , then , my dear Lord , or I should say my dear and much honoured friend , for sorrow for the time levels the highest dis- tinctions ...
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... common practice for col- lectors of autographs to apply to distinguished personages for specimens of their handwriting ; and before the abolition of franking , Peers and Members of Parliament were frequently fa- voured with such ...
... common practice for col- lectors of autographs to apply to distinguished personages for specimens of their handwriting ; and before the abolition of franking , Peers and Members of Parliament were frequently fa- voured with such ...
Página 95
... common to associate our American cousins with a special vein of humour than with delicacy of sentiment . Most of the best hu- mourists of America are said to hail from the West ; and if their fun is somewhat coarse , it is certainly ...
... common to associate our American cousins with a special vein of humour than with delicacy of sentiment . Most of the best hu- mourists of America are said to hail from the West ; and if their fun is somewhat coarse , it is certainly ...
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... common production . I remember being very much struck by some remarks of a living author , in his elaborate work on the Conquest of Spanish America , regarding the extreme rarity of first - rate men of business , and the various ...
... common production . I remember being very much struck by some remarks of a living author , in his elaborate work on the Conquest of Spanish America , regarding the extreme rarity of first - rate men of business , and the various ...
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Página 78 - My Lord, I have been lately informed, by the proprietor of The World, that two papers, in which my Dictionary is recommended to the public, were written by your Lordship.
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Página 67 - I was in doubt when I got it into my hand whether I should not, in the first place, apply it to his pate ; but a rap at the street-door made the wretch fly to it, and when I returned to the parlour, he introduced me, as if nothing of the kind had happened, to the gentleman who entered, as Mr. Goldsmith, his most ingenious and worthy friend, of whom he had so often heard him speak with rapture. I could scarcely compose myself ; and must have betrayed indignation in my mien to the stranger, who was...