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The instructive letter-writer, [electronic resource] : and entertaining companion: containing letter...

The instructive letter-writer, [electronic resource] : and entertaining companion: containing letter...

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The instructive letter-writer, [electronic resource] : and entertaining companion: containing letters on the most interesting subjects, in an elegant and easy style; Wherein a peculiar Regard has been had to select those, Only, which are best adapted to inspire Noble and Manly Sentiments, and promote a Rational and Virtuous Conduct; Most of them being wrote by the following Royal and eminent Personages, and the best Authers, Antient and Modern, viz. Cicero, Brutus, Trajan, Pliny, Plutarch, Q. Ann Boleyn, K. Edward VI. K. Charles I. and His Queen, Queen Ann, Prince George of Denmark, Empress of Russia, Sir W. Raleigh, Duke & Dutchess of Marlbro', Mar. of Granby, Abp, Tillotson, Locke, Molyneux, Addison, Steele, Pope, Gay, Bishop Atterbury, Mr. & Mrs. Rowe, Dr. Blackwell, Richardson, Coleman, Murphy, &c. with forms of messages for cards. To which are prefix'd instructions for writing letters with elegance and propriety; Directions how to address Persons of all Ranks,; a plain and concise Grammar of the English Tongue; and some necessary Orthographical Directions.

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The instructive letter-writer, [electronic resource] : and entertaining companion: containing letters on the most interesting subjects, in an elegant and easy style; Wherein a peculiar Regard has been had to select those, Only, which are best adapted to inspire Noble and Manly Sentiments, and promote a Rational and Virtuous Conduct; Most of them being wrote by the following Royal and eminent Personages, and the best Authers, Antient and Modern, viz. Cicero, Brutus, Trajan, Pliny, Plutarch, Q. Ann Boleyn, K. Edward VI. K. Charles I. and His Queen, Queen Ann, Prince George of Denmark, Empress of Russia, Sir W. Raleigh, Duke & Dutchess of Marlbro', Mar. of Granby, Abp, Tillotson, Locke, Molyneux, Addison, Steele, Pope, Gay, Bishop Atterbury, Mr. & Mrs. Rowe, Dr. Blackwell, Richardson, Coleman, Murphy, &c. with forms of messages for cards. To which are prefix'd instructions for writing letters with elegance and propriety; Directions how to address Persons of all Ranks,; a plain and concise Grammar of the English Tongue; and some necessary Orthographical Directions.

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Publisher

London : printed for W. Nicoll, in St. Paul's Church-Yard, 1765.

Date

1765.

Record Identifier

74Vv8AKk3r5O

MMS ID

991014275869702626

Language

English

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Physical Description

Physical content

252p. ; 8°.

Publication information

Publisher

London : printed for W. Nicoll, in St. Paul's Church-Yard, 1765.

Edition

The second edition.

Place of Publication

England

Date Published

1765.

Access and use

Access Conditions

Available for use in the Library. Available from home to registered NSW residents.

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Full title

The instructive letter-writer, [electronic resource] : and entertaining companion: containing letters on the most interesting subjects, in an elegant and easy style; Wherein a peculiar Regard has been had to select those, Only, which are best adapted to inspire Noble and Manly Sentiments, and promote a Rational and Virtuous Conduct; Most of them be...

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Notes

General note

A reissue, with a cancel title-page of the first edition of 1763.

Anonymous. By George Seymour.

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Citation / References Note

ESTC T105965.

Additional physical form availability note

Also available in microfilm held offsite at RAV/FM4/51.

Reproduction note

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

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Record Identifier

74Vv8AKk3r5O

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74Vv8AKk3r5O

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MMS ID

991014275869702626