To the PRINCESS of WALES. Madam; or, May it pleafe your Royal Highness.

To the PRINCESS DOWAGER.

Ditto.

Note. All Sovereigns' fons and daughters, and brothers and fifters, are entitled to Royal Highness.

And to the rest of the Royal Family. Highness.

To a DUKE. May it pleafe your Grace.

To a DUCHESS. Ditto.

To a MARQUIS, EARL,

VISCOUNT, LORD.

My Lord; or, May it please

your Lordship.

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To a Marchionefs; an Earl's
Wife; Viscountefs; or a
Lord's Wife.

To the Archbishops.
My Lord.

May it pleafe your
Ladyfhip.

May it please your Grace; or,

To the rest of the Bishops. My Lord; or, May it please your Lordship.

To the rest of the clergy. Reverend Sir.

Note. All younger fons of a Duke or Marquis, are ftyled My Lord: Earls', Vifcounts', and Lords' fons,are ftyled Honourable, and Efquires.

To either of thefe. Sir; Honoured Sir; or, May it pleafe your Honour.

Alfo the title of Lady is given to the daughters of Dukes,, Marquiffes, and Earls; Madam; or, May it pleafe your Ladyhip.

To a member of parliament. May it pleafe your Honour. To the right honourable the Lord Mayor of London. My Lord; or, May it pleafe your Lordship.

Note. That Generals, Admirals, and Colonels, and all Field officers, are Honourable.

All other Officers, either in the army or navy, have only the title of the commiffion they bear, fet firft on the fuperfcription of the letters; and at the beginning, Sir; or, Honoured Sir; or, May it pleafe your Honour. An Ambaffador. May it pleafe your Excellency; or, Sir. All Privy Counsellors, and Judges that are Privy Coun fellors, are Right Honourable; and the whole Privy Council, taken together, are ftyled, Moft Honourable. Baronets are Honourable.

Juftices

Juftices of the Peace, and Mayors, are styled, Right Worshipful.

Likewife Sheriffs of Counties, &c..

All Governors under his Majesty are ftyled Excellency.

Superfcriptions of Letters.

To his most facred MAJESTY; or, To the KING's Mot Excellent MAJESTY.

To ber most facred MAJESTY; or, QUEEN's Most Excellent MAJESTY.

To bis Royal Highness the Prince of Wales.

To ber Royal Highness the Princess of Wales.

To ber Royal Highness the Princess Dowager of Wales. Sovereigns' fons; daughters; brothers and fifters, To his or ber Royal Highness.

To the reft of the Royal Family. Highness..

To his Grace the Duke of K- -n.

To her Grace the Duchefs of K- -n.

To a Marquis, Earl,

Vifcount, Lord.

To the Right Honourable the
Marquis of; Earl of~;
Lord Viscount F-b; the
Lord H-w.

To a Marchionefs. To the Right Honourable the Mar

chioness of

&c. An Earl or Viscount's Wife.

To the Right Honourable the Countess of

; the Vif

&c. To a Lord's Wife.

To the

countess of
Right Honourable the Lady, &c.

To the daughter of a Duke; Marquis; and Earl. To the Right Honourable the Lady Ann Fb.

Note. The wives of Lieutenant-generals, Major-generals, and Brigadier-generals, are Honourable,

Alfo the wives of Vice and Rear Admirals, Ambaffadors, &c.

To the Right Honourable Mrs

To an Archbishop. To his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury.

To other bishops. To the Right Reverend Father in God, John Lord Bishop of, &c.

Some

Some necesary Orthographical Directions for writing correctly, and when to use Capital Letters, and when

not.

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I. ET the firft word of every book, epistle, note, bill, verfe, (whether it be profe, rhyme, or blank verfe,) begin with a capital.

2. Let proper names of perfons, places, fhips, rivers, mountains, things perfonified, &c. begin with a capital; alfo all appellative names of profeffions, callings,

c.

3. It was formerly understood ornamental to begin every substantive in a sentence with a capital, if it bore fome confiderable ftrefs of the author's fenfe upon it, to make it the more remarkable and confpicuous: but now the common practice is, to begin all common fubftantives with a little letter; which adds to the beauty of writing and printing.

4. None but fubftantives, whether common, proper, or perfonal, may begin with a capital, except in the beginning, or immediately after a full ftop.

5. Qualities, affirmations, or participles, muft not begin with a capital, unlefs fuch words begin, or come immediately after a period; then they never fail to begin with a capital.

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6. If any notable faying, or paffage of an author, be quoted in his own words, it begins with a capital, though not immediately after a period.

7. Let not a capital be written in the middle of a word among fmall letters.

8. Where capitals are used in whole words or fentences, fomething is expreffed extraordinary great. They are also used in titles of books, for ornament's

fake.

9. The I, and the exclamative O, must be pronoun written with a capital.

Ic. The letter q is never ufed without the letteru next following.

11. The long / muft never be inferted immediately after the fhort s, nor at the end of a word.

THE

THE

COMPLETE

LETTER-WRITER.

PART I.

MISCELLANEOUS LETTERS

ON THE

MOST USEFUL AND COMMON OCCASIONS.

LETTER I.

From a brother at home, to a fifter abroad on a vifit, complaining of her not writing.

Dear Sifter,

MUST acquaint you how unkind it is taken by every body here, that we fo feldom hear from you; my mo-. ther, in particular, is not a little difpleafed, and fays you are a very idle girl; and my aunt is of the fame opinion; and none but my felf endeavours to find excufes for you; but I beg you will give me that trouble no more, and, for the future, take care to deferve no rebuke, which you may eafily do, by writing foon and often. You are very fenfible how dear you are to us all: think then with yourself, whether it be right to omit giving us the only fatisfaction that abfence affords to real friends, which is often to hear from one another.

Our best refpects to Mr and Mrs Herbert, and compliments to all friends.

From your very affectionate brother,

I

WILL not fet about finding excufes, but own my fault, and thank you for your kind reproof; and, in return, I promise you never to be guilty of the like again. I write this immediately on the receipt of yours, to beg my mamma's pardon, which you, I know, can procure; as also my aunt's, on this my promife of amendment. I hope you will continue to excufe all my little omiffions; and be affured, I am never fo forgetful of myself, as to neglect my duty defignedly. I fhall certainly write to mamma by next poft: this is just a-going, which obliges me to conclude, with my duty to dear mamma, and fincere refpects to all friends.

Your ever affectionate fifter,

M. C.

LETTER III.

A young gentleman's letter to his pappa, written by 4 School-fellow.

Dear Pappa

A

CCORDING to your commands, when you left me at school, I hereby obey them; and, not only inform you, that I am well, but alfo that I am happy in being placed under the tuition of fo good a mafter, who is the beft natured man in the world; and, I am fure, was I inclinable to be an idle boy, his goodnefs to me would prompt me to be diligent at my ftudy, that I might please him. Befides, I fee a great difference made between thofe that are idle and thofe that are diligent; idle boys being punished as they deferve, and diligent boys being encouraged but you know, pappa, that I always loved my book; for you have often told me, if I intended ever to be a great man, I must learn to be a good fcholar, left,

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