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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... hath ben syn Cristemesday , and on Seint Jones day comaunded his awmener to ride to Caunterbury with his offryng , and comaunded the secre- tarie to offre at Seint Edwards . And on the Moneday after noon the Queen came to him , and ...
... hath ben syn Cristemesday , and on Seint Jones day comaunded his awmener to ride to Caunterbury with his offryng , and comaunded the secre- tarie to offre at Seint Edwards . And on the Moneday after noon the Queen came to him , and ...
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... hath unto yor personne , as for the womanly and vertuouse governance that ye be renowned of , desireth with all his hert to do you worship by wey of mariage , bifore all creatures lyvyng , as he saith ; We , desiryng th ' encres ...
... hath unto yor personne , as for the womanly and vertuouse governance that ye be renowned of , desireth with all his hert to do you worship by wey of mariage , bifore all creatures lyvyng , as he saith ; We , desiryng th ' encres ...
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... hath given us , and for that he hath left us , which if it please hym , he can increase when he will . And if it please him to leave us yet lesse , at hys pleasure be it . I praye you to make some good ensearche what my poor neighbours ...
... hath given us , and for that he hath left us , which if it please hym , he can increase when he will . And if it please him to leave us yet lesse , at hys pleasure be it . I praye you to make some good ensearche what my poor neighbours ...
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... hath great causes , many ways , of lamentable heaviness ; and also that , in the wrongful estimation of the world , your grace's honour of every part is highly touched ( whether the things that commonly be spoken of be true or not ) ...
... hath great causes , many ways , of lamentable heaviness ; and also that , in the wrongful estimation of the world , your grace's honour of every part is highly touched ( whether the things that commonly be spoken of be true or not ) ...
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... hath sent her this punishment , for that she feignedly hath professed this gospel in her mouth , and not in heart and deed . And though she have offended so , that she hath deserved never to be reconciled unto your grace's favour , yet ...
... hath sent her this punishment , for that she feignedly hath professed this gospel in her mouth , and not in heart and deed . And though she have offended so , that she hath deserved never to be reconciled unto your grace's favour , yet ...
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acquainted Adieu admiration affection affectionate Alexander Pope Anne Boleyn answer beauty believe Bolingbroke Countess of Bute Dean Swift dear death desire Duke Earl endeavour England English esteem father favour following letter fortune friendship give grace hand happy hath heart heaven honour hope Horace Walpole Horatio Nelson humble servant humour James Boswell John JOHN DRYDEN John Evelyn JONATHAN SWIFT Joseph Addison kind King Lady leave live London Lord Lord Bolingbroke Lordship Madam Majesty Majesty's manner matter mean mind nature Nell Gwynne never obliged opinion Parliament passion person pleased pleasure poet Pope pray present Queen reason received Richard Steele Samuel Johnson sent sure Swift tell thing thought tion told true truth unto virtue William wish word write written young
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