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 Writing |
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... present Dr. Johnson to Mrs. Piozzi , on sickness Dr. Tillotson to a friend 46 48 50 53 56 58 62 65 67 78 83 84 - 85 88 Dr. Johnson to Mrs. Thrale , on the death of her husband 92 From the same to the same 93 Lord Chesterfield to Dr ...
... present Dr. Johnson to Mrs. Piozzi , on sickness Dr. Tillotson to a friend 46 48 50 53 56 58 62 65 67 78 83 84 - 85 88 Dr. Johnson to Mrs. Thrale , on the death of her husband 92 From the same to the same 93 Lord Chesterfield to Dr ...
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... present preterimperfect , preterperfect , preterpluperfect , future imperfect , and future perfect . The present denotes the time that now is ; as , love , or am loving now . I The preterimperfect represents the action as almost ...
... present preterimperfect , preterperfect , preterpluperfect , future imperfect , and future perfect . The present denotes the time that now is ; as , love , or am loving now . I The preterimperfect represents the action as almost ...
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... PRESENT TENSE . PRETERIMPERFECT TENSE . PRETERPLUPERFECT TENSE . Singular . Plural . I had had. Singular . I can , Thou canst , He can . CAN . Plural . We can , Ye can , They can . I could , Thou couldest , He could . We could , Ye could ...
... PRESENT TENSE . PRETERIMPERFECT TENSE . PRETERPLUPERFECT TENSE . Singular . Plural . I had had. Singular . I can , Thou canst , He can . CAN . Plural . We can , Ye can , They can . I could , Thou couldest , He could . We could , Ye could ...
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... PRESENT TENSE . Thou mayest , or canst have , He may , or can have . Plural . We may , or can have , Ye may , or can have , They may , or can have . PRETER- PRETERIMPERFECT TENSE . Singular . Plural . I might , xxiv ETYMOLOGY .
... PRESENT TENSE . Thou mayest , or canst have , He may , or can have . Plural . We may , or can have , Ye may , or can have , They may , or can have . PRETER- PRETERIMPERFECT TENSE . Singular . Plural . I might , xxiv ETYMOLOGY .
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... present ; as , I may have it to - morrow . SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD . Singular . If I have If thou have , If he have . PRESENT TENSE . Plural . If we have , If ye have , If they have . PRETER- PRETERIMPERFECT TENSE . Singular If I had , If thou ...
... present ; as , I may have it to - morrow . SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD . Singular . If I have If thou have , If he have . PRESENT TENSE . Plural . If we have , If ye have , If they have . PRETER- PRETERIMPERFECT TENSE . Singular If I had , If thou ...
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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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Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 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.
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Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.