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id: 31072
title: A Letter Book Selected with an Introduction on the History and Art of Letter-Writing
author: Saintsbury, George
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  letter-writers--Horace Walpole--is too severe, but not, like Macaulay''s, and instructions for writing good letters," except in the way (which far On letter-writing, as on most things that can themselves be written and that the time for perfect letter-writing was not quite yet, in this day may almost be said that for some time letters are wholly concerned with As a matter of fact, however, Gray _is_ a good letter-writer--a very things distinctly and definitely good for letter-writing. anything like his letter-writing, it is no wonder that people sat over in many kinds and ways--wrote certainly good and probably many letters. A few more general remarks, however, on _kinds_ of letter-writing--as The man of one letter, in the sense of having written a good one and no Burns (whose own letters by the way do him little justice) hardly comes thought likely to be among the first letter-writers. goodness of letter-writing, it is a very great qualification


id: 603
title: Letters of George Borrow to the British and Foreign Bible Society
author: Borrow, George
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  New Testament in the Mandchou language which has been translated by Mr. Lipoftsoff, at present Councillor of State and Chinese Translator at that in a short time, when I hope to obtain far better information as to the I also received the two letters from St. Petersburg which were written by a dear friend of that place, to whom I journey''s end, and shall presently fall to work, for I must lose no time, of from the terrible and distracted state of Spain at the present time. having met with sale at Madrid.'' Of this letter I shall send a course of matters in Madrid, I write the present letter, although I could There is at present a great demand for Bibles; since the time of writing AND DEAR SIR,--In a few days I shall leave Madrid for Seville; and Spain by printing an edition of the New Testament at Madrid.


id: 12515
title: Selected English Letters (XV-XIX Centuries)
author: nan
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  euer, let God that brought you in the world in his owne good time, about this time of a man''s life solicits most--the desire of house and be the worst thing in her) as to like a melancholy place, and little six till bed time, and has as little enjoyment or pleasure in life at and send it on Thursday; and so good night my dears, and love Presto, Madam,--I have your letter, wherein you let me know that the little who, moreover, loves to be admired, know a man''s heart, but from the man of sense laughs at it, at the same time that he knows he must informed of it (as I hope) in time to prevent it; and shall ever think As I know, dear sir, that to delay my visit for a reason like this till a proper time shall come for publishing the truth, as I have


