The instructive letter-writer, [electronic resource] : and entertaining companion: containing letter...
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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London : printed for W. Nicoll, in St. Paul's Church-Yard, 1765.
Date
1765.
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English
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252p. ; 8°.
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Publisher
London : printed for W. Nicoll, in St. Paul's Church-Yard, 1765.
Edition
The second edition.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
1765.
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Available for use in the Library. Available from home to registered NSW residents.
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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 be...
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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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74Vv8AKk3r5O
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