Specimens of Letter-writingLaura Emma Lockwood, Amy Ruth Kelly |
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affectionate Annie H beautiful believe birthday bless Boston boys BRILLIANA HARLEY CHARLES DARWIN CHARLES DICKENS charming church Company DARWIN daughter DEAR SIR DEAREST delightful dine dinner England English father feel following letters GEORGE GEORGIANA give gloves hand happy hear hope JANE WELSH CARLYLE JOHN JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER JOHN RUSKIN keep kind kiss kittens lady leave letter-writing letters are reprinted LEWIS CARROLL little girls live London look Lord Mary means mind MISS month morning mother never night perhaps pleasant pleasure poet poor pray pretty received RUSKIN seems sister sort style SYDNEY SMITH T. H. HUXLEY talk tell thank things THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH THOMAS HOOD THOMAS HUXLEY THOMAS MACAULAY thought tion to-day walk week William wish write written York young
Popular passages
Page 210 - Dear Madam: I have been shown in the files of the War Department a statement of the Adjutant General of Massachusetts that you are the mother of five sons who have died gloriously on the field of battle.
Page 66 - Bagdat in order to pass the rest of the day in meditation and prayer. As I was here airing myself on the tops of the mountains, I fell into a profound contemplation on the vanity of human life; and, passing from one thought to another, surely, said I, man is but a shadow and life a dream.
Page 87 - ... connoisseur, unable to afford him any longer a pleasure. So fading upon me, from disuse, have been the beauties of Nature, as they have been confinedly called ; so ever fresh, and green, and warm are all the inventions of men and assemblies of men in this great city.
Page 39 - I was so struck with admiration that I could not for some time speak to her, being wholly taken up in gazing. That surprising harmony of features, that charming result of the whole ! that exact proportion of body ! that lovely bloom of complexion unsullied by art ! the unutterable enchantment of her smile — But her eyes ! — large and black, with all the soft languishment of the blue ! every turn of her face discovering some new grace.
Page 40 - For my part, I am not ashamed to own I took more pleasure in looking on the beauteous Fatima, than the finest piece of sculpture could have given me.
Page 31 - Square; but the porter could hardly answer for tears, and a great rabble was about the house. In short, they fought at seven this morning.
Page 88 - Keep to your bank, and the bank will keep you. Trust not to the public; you may hang, starve, drown yourself, for anything that worthy personage cares. I bless every star, that Providence, not seeing good to make me independent, has seen it next good to settle me upon the stable foundation of Lcadenhall.
Page 38 - She stood up to receive me, saluting me after their fashion, putting her hand to her heart with a sweetness full of majesty, that no court breeding could ever give. She ordered cushions to be given me, and took care to place me in the corner, which is the place of honour.
Page 90 - The incomprehensibleness of my condition overwhelmed me. It was like passing from life into eternity. Every year to be as long as three, ie to have three times as much real time — time that is my own, in it ! I wandered about thinking I was happy, but feeling I was not. But that tumultuousness is passing off, and I begin to understand the nature of the gift.
Page 11 - I have received two letters from you, one written in Latin, the other in French ; which I take in good part, and will you to exercise that practice of learning often ; for that will stand you in most stead in that profession of life that you are born to live in.