Four Centuries of English Letters: Selections from the Correspondence of One Hundred and Fifty Writers from the Period of the Paston Letters to the Present DayWilliam Baptiste Scoones Harper & Bros., 1880 - 573 páginas |
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... able of Henry the Sixth's counsellors . William Lomner to John Paston . May 5 , 1450 . Ryght worchipfull Sir , -I recomaunde me to yow , and am right sory of that I shalle sey , and have soo wesshe this litel bille with sorwfulle terys ...
... able of Henry the Sixth's counsellors . William Lomner to John Paston . May 5 , 1450 . Ryght worchipfull Sir , -I recomaunde me to yow , and am right sory of that I shalle sey , and have soo wesshe this litel bille with sorwfulle terys ...
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... able for you , because it denotes a singular love , which is far from common . But if you please to do the office of a true loyal mis- tress and friend , and to give up yourself body and heart to me , who will be , and have been , your ...
... able for you , because it denotes a singular love , which is far from common . But if you please to do the office of a true loyal mis- tress and friend , and to give up yourself body and heart to me , who will be , and have been , your ...
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... able to deserve without your help ; of the which I have hitherto had so great plenty , that all the days of my life I am most bound of all crea- tures , next the King's grace , to love and serve your grace ; of the which I beseech you ...
... able to deserve without your help ; of the which I have hitherto had so great plenty , that all the days of my life I am most bound of all crea- tures , next the King's grace , to love and serve your grace ; of the which I beseech you ...
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... able to go to heaven by grace . It could not then speak by nature , and now it doth praise God by grace ; it could not then comfort the sick and careful mother by nature , and now through prayer is able to help father and mother by ...
... able to go to heaven by grace . It could not then speak by nature , and now it doth praise God by grace ; it could not then comfort the sick and careful mother by nature , and now through prayer is able to help father and mother by ...
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... able to teach others how to obey you . Be courteous of gesture , and affable to all men , with diversity of reverence , according to the dignity of the person . There is nothing that winneth so much with so little cost . Use moderate ...
... able to teach others how to obey you . Be courteous of gesture , and affable to all men , with diversity of reverence , according to the dignity of the person . There is nothing that winneth so much with so little cost . Use moderate ...
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