The Complete Letter-writer: Containing Familiar Letters on the Most Common Occasions in Life, Also a Variety of Elegant Letters for the Direction and Embellishment of Style, ...W Darling, 1778 - 249 Seiten |
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... heart , return him unfeigned thanks for protecting me againft thofe temptations which the enemy to mankind is ready to allure us with : for , I am perfuaded , it was not my ftrength of virtue that withstood the tempta- tions , but his ...
... heart , return him unfeigned thanks for protecting me againft thofe temptations which the enemy to mankind is ready to allure us with : for , I am perfuaded , it was not my ftrength of virtue that withstood the tempta- tions , but his ...
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... heart good whenever he can do a kind thing for any of the neighbours . He was born in the parish , and his father has a good farm of his own in it , and rents another . Robin , the footman , is good- natured too ; he is always merry ...
... heart good whenever he can do a kind thing for any of the neighbours . He was born in the parish , and his father has a good farm of his own in it , and rents another . Robin , the footman , is good- natured too ; he is always merry ...
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... heart will heave a little ftill every time I look to- wards the road that goes to your house . Heaven bless you all there ! and make me a deferving daughter of fo good a mother ! LETTER XV . The mother's anfwer and advice . Dear Child ...
... heart will heave a little ftill every time I look to- wards the road that goes to your house . Heaven bless you all there ! and make me a deferving daughter of fo good a mother ! LETTER XV . The mother's anfwer and advice . Dear Child ...
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... heart of a tender and affectionate mother . E. C. I LETTER XVI . A fon's letter , at fchool , to his father . Honoured Sir , AM greatly obliged to you for all your favours ; all I have to hope is , that the progress I make in my ...
... heart of a tender and affectionate mother . E. C. I LETTER XVI . A fon's letter , at fchool , to his father . Honoured Sir , AM greatly obliged to you for all your favours ; all I have to hope is , that the progress I make in my ...
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... me over which they will have no power ; and in all the changes of this uncertain . conftitution my heart will ever continue fixed and firmly your's . I am , & c . 1 LETTER XIX . From a young apprentice to his father LETTER - WRITER . 43.
... me over which they will have no power ; and in all the changes of this uncertain . conftitution my heart will ever continue fixed and firmly your's . I am , & c . 1 LETTER XIX . From a young apprentice to his father LETTER - WRITER . 43.
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
acquaintance addrefs affectionate affure againſt agreeable almoſt anfwer beauty becauſe beft beſt bleffing buſineſs charms Cleora compliments converfation dear deferves defign defire duty efteem endeavour fafe faid fame father fatisfaction favour feem feen felves fenfe fenfible ferious ferve fhall fhort fhould fhow fifter fince fincere firft firſt fome fomething foon fpeak fpirit friends ftand fubject fuch fuffer fuppofe fure gentleman give goodneſs greateſt happineſs happy heart Heaven himſelf honour hope humble fervant huſband juft juſt lady laft laſt leaft leaſt lefs LETTER live lofe lover Madam mafter marriage Mifs mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf neceffary nefs never obferve obliged occafion ourſelves paffed paffion perfon pleafed pleaſe pleaſure poffible prefent racter reafon refpect tell thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thought thouſand tion underſtanding uſed vifits virtue whofe worfe write young your's yourſelf
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 248 - Los números cardinales 0: zero 1: one 2: two 3: three 4: four 5: five 6: six 7: seven 8: eight 9: nine 10: ten 11: eleven 12: twelve 13: thirteen 14: fourteen 15: fifteen 16: sixteen 17: seventeen 18: eighteen 19: nineteen 20: twenty...
Seite 156 - ... effort to be made ; that reformation is never hopeless, nor sincere endeavours ever unassisted ; that the wanderer may at length return after all his errors ; and that he who implores strength and courage from above, shall find danger and difficulty give way before him.
Seite 134 - ... seem young, be told so by her glass, and have no aches to inform her of the truth : and when she shall appear to be mortal, may her Lord not mourn for her, but go hand in hand with her to that place where we are told there is neither marrying nor giving in marriage, that being there divorced we may all have an equal interest in her again.
Seite 201 - ... an advantage not very common to young men, that the attractions of the world have not dazzled me very much...
Seite 223 - By degrees we let fall the remembrance of our original intention, and quit the only adequate object of rational desire. We entangle ourselves in business, immerge ourselves in luxury, and rove through the labyrinths of inconstancy, till the darkness of old age begins to invade us, and disease and Anxiety obstruct our way.
Seite 151 - The King, I trust, will deal graciously with you, restore you those honours and that fortune which a distempered time hath deprived you of, together with the life of your father...
Seite 195 - ... utterly forgetful of that world from which we are gone, and ripening for that to which we are to go ! If you retain any memory of the past...
Seite 156 - We entangle ourselves in business, immerge ourselves in luxury, and rove through the labyrinths of inconstancy, till the darkness of old age begins to invade us, and disease and anxiety obstruct our way. We then look back upon our lives with horror, with sorrow, with repentance ; and wish, but too often vainly wish, that we had not forsaken the ways of virtue.
Seite 155 - Here the heart softens, and vigilance subsides; we are then willing to inquire whether another advance cannot be made, and whether we may not, at least, turn our eyes upon the gardens of pleasure. We approach them with scruple and hesitation; we enter them, but enter timorous...
Seite 201 - I am even as unconcerned as was that honest Hibernian, who being in bed in the great storm some years ago, and told the house would tumble over his head, made answer, " What care I for the house ? I am only a lodger.