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abbreviations Altman & Co answer Bishop Blank Brown business letters cents Chapter Church coat of arms command complimentary closing cordially correspondence courtesy crest Dead Letter Office dear Madam DEAR SIR delivery duties eight enclosed engraved name envelope expression form of address form of salutation formal fourth class matter give given graceful HENRY FIELDING heraldry honor hope inches invitation JOHN PASTON Jones kindly lady Lewis Carroll Lord Lord & Taylor lower left-hand corner mail matter Mary meet ment Messrs Miss monogram motto name and address oblige ounce or fraction package paper Payt pleasure post card post-office postage stamps postal cards postmasters President Rev'd seal Secretary sender sent servant shield sincerely Street style superscription surname third class matter third person tion truly United word wrapper writing written X. Y. Z. Club York
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Page 16 - ... young, be told so by her glass, and have no aches to inform her of the truth : and when she shall appear to be mortal, may her Lord not mourn for her, but go hand in hand with her to that place where we are told there is neither marrying nor giving in marriage, that being there divorced we may all have an equal interest in her again.
Page 125 - ... largely to the assistance of those who can little help themselves. The Queen would not, however, have been satisfied without giving Mr. Peabody some public mark of her sense of his munificence, and she would gladly have conferred upon him either a baronetcy or the Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, but that she understands Mr. Peabody to feel himself debarred from accepting such distinctions. It only remains, therefore, for the Queen to give Mr. Peabody this assurance of her personal feelings,...
Page 179 - Union mails, and except also the following articles, the transmission of which is absolutely prohibited under any circumstances, viz, sealed packages, which from their form and general appearance evidently are not letters; publications which violate the copyright laws of the country of destination: packets, except single volumes of printed books...
Page 182 - ... of the receipt of such letters or packages and their several addresses; and if any letter or package of this character be addressed to a person residing within the delivery of...
Page 11 - However, the intire accomplishment cannot be till the two persons meet, which meeting is more desired by me than any thing in this world ; for what joy can be greater upon earth, than to have the company of her who is my dearest friend? Knowing, likewise, that she does the same on her part, the thinking on which gives great pleasure. You may judge what an effect the presence of that person must have on me, whose absence has made a greater...
Page 17 - Hoc me male urit, is the best signification of my apprehension of your sad story. But, Sir, I cannot choose but I must hold another and a brighter flame to you — it is already burning in your...
Page 15 - May her first born be none of her own sex, nor so like her, but that he may resemble her Lord as much as herself. May she that always affected silence and retiredness, have the house filled with the noise and number of her children, and hereafter of her grand-children, and then may she arrive at that great curse so much declined by fair ladies, old age : may she live to be very old, and yet seem young, be told so by her glass, and have no...
Page 178 - ... fruits and vegetables which quickly decompose, and substances which exhale a bad odor: lottery tickets or circulars: all obscene or immoral articles, and other articles which may destroy or damage the mails or injure the persons handling them.
Page 17 - I can but remove the dark side of the lantern, you have enough within you to warm yourself and to shine to others. Remember, sir, your two boys are two bright stars, and their innocence is secured, and you shall never hear evil of them again. Their state is safe, and heaven is given to them upon very easy terms; nothing but to be born and die.
Page 184 - Packages of samples must not exceed 350 grams (12 ounces) In weight, or the following dimensions: 30 centimeters (12 Inches) In length, 20 centimeters (8 Inches) In breadth, and 10 centimeters (4 inches) In depth ; except that when In the form of a roll, a package of samples may measure not to exceed 30 centimeters (12 Inches) In length, and 15 centimeters (8 Inches) In diameter.