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The Epistolary Guide, and Elegant Correspondent

The Epistolary Guide, and Elegant Correspondent

Brady, John Henry

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General World History

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ISBN10: 1150981709
ISBN13: 9781150981708
Publisher: General Books
Pages: 62
Weight: 0.28
Height: 0.13 Width: 7.44 Depth: 9.69
Language: English
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1835. Excerpt: ... tion is the constitution, manners, and laws of those nations which overthrew the Roman empire, and established sovereignty on its ruins. To obtain a knowledge of America, you must first consider the state of navigation before the time of Columbus; you will, therefore, peruse the voyages and travels of that period, and also study a judicious system of geography. The latest and best is Bankes's, and I heartily recommend it to your perusal. Thus, my dear son, I have laid before you the same plan which I used myself when I first undertook the study of history. I shall leave it to your consideration, and doubt not that you will improve it to the best advantage. With many wishes for your success in this study, and in all things else, I am, my dear son, Your affectionate father. LETTER LI. A Gentleman to a Lady on the Method of Reading for Female Improvement. My Dear Madam: Conformably to your desire and my promise, I present you with a few thoughts on the method of reading, which you would have had sooner only you gave me leave to set them down at my leisure hours. I have complied with your request in both these particulars, so that you see, madam, how absolutely your commands are over me. If my remarks should answer your expectations, and the purpose for which they were intended; if they should in the least induce you to the spending your time in a more profitable and agreeable manner than most of your sex generally do, it will give me a pleasure equal at least to that you will receive. It were to be wished that the female part of the Dr. Isaac Schomberg. human creation, on whom naturehas poured out so many charms with so lavish a hand, would pay some regard to the cultivating their minds and improving their understanding. It is easily accomplished; would th...

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