Letters Written by the Late Honourable Lady Luxborough: To William Shenstone, Esq |
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... never write at all ; that would be more polite ; but it would make me fancy myfelf ungrateful , and confequently make me hate myfelf . It is therefore felf - love which urges me to take this early opportunity of returning thanks for ...
... never write at all ; that would be more polite ; but it would make me fancy myfelf ungrateful , and confequently make me hate myfelf . It is therefore felf - love which urges me to take this early opportunity of returning thanks for ...
Page 12
... never deprive me of the pleasure your letters give me , nor defer it , be- cause your spirits may not just then allow you to fend them out in their best apparel ; it is fuffi- cient you can do fo ; and they'll always be as welcome to me ...
... never deprive me of the pleasure your letters give me , nor defer it , be- cause your spirits may not just then allow you to fend them out in their best apparel ; it is fuffi- cient you can do fo ; and they'll always be as welcome to me ...
Page 14
... never please like others : yet they are , I think , wrote in good language , and fhew , I believe , polite learning and judg ment ; and the stile would be unexceptionable , I fancy , in Essays ; but familiar letters require a 10 more ...
... never please like others : yet they are , I think , wrote in good language , and fhew , I believe , polite learning and judg ment ; and the stile would be unexceptionable , I fancy , in Essays ; but familiar letters require a 10 more ...
Page 15
... never heard of that gentleman ; and am obliged to you for your explanation of the character of Mezentius ; that , in particular , might prevent the real names being published : they would have made the book infinitely more interefting ...
... never heard of that gentleman ; and am obliged to you for your explanation of the character of Mezentius ; that , in particular , might prevent the real names being published : they would have made the book infinitely more interefting ...
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... never ornamented . Perhaps you would invent fome more elegant ornament , if you would bestow a thought upon it ; or the ftucco might be juft as before , only fome foliage or other carving , to drop down the fides . Mifs Merediths write ...
... never ornamented . Perhaps you would invent fome more elegant ornament , if you would bestow a thought upon it ; or the ftucco might be juft as before , only fome foliage or other carving , to drop down the fides . Mifs Merediths write ...
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