Love-letters - Early works to 1800
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Lettres et épitres amoureuses d'héloèise et d'Abeilard
Peter AbelardDate: M.DCC.LXXXIV. [1784]- E-books
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Letters of love and gallantry Written in Greek by Arist�netus.
AristaenetusDate: [1716]- E-books
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The newest and most compleat polite familiar letter-writer On the most important Concerns in Life, both with regard to Love and Business in which is included Letters giving an Account of the political State of England, with several Letters of the most celebrated Authors, both Antient and Modern, viz. Pliny, Cicero, Voiture, Locke, Balzac, Addison, Steele, Pope, Gay, Swift, Voltaire, Rochester, Temple, K. of Prussia, Q. Anne, &c. With a collection of the Newest and Most Polite message cards. A Collection of Select Moral Sentences, Extracted from the most eminent Authors both antient and modern, directing not only how to think, but to act justly and prudently in the common Concerns of human Life. And ten precepts, which William Lord Burghley gave to his second Son Robert Earl of Salisbury. To which is prefixed, A Large introduction, Containing Directions and proper Forms to be observed in writing familiar Letters on all Occasions, and addressing Persons of eminent Rank and Station For the use of young Gentlemen, Ladies, Tradesmen, &c. The Fourth Edition, with large Additions and Amendments. By John Tavernier, Esq;.
Tavernier, JohnDate: MDCCLXVIII. [1768]- E-books
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A comical dialogue between two country lovers; containing love letters and songs, agreeable to their proceedings
Date: [1768?]- E-books
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The New lover's instructor; or, Whole art of courtship . Being the lover's complete library and guide: and containing full and complete instructions concerning love, courtship, and marriage. Whereby every part of those laudable and important concerns is rendered perfectly easy to all capacities; and including, among a very great variety of other curious articles, equally instructive and entertaining, the most ingenious love letters, in a great variety of forms, written to and from both sexes, relative to courtship and marriage, calculated for the use of persons of all ranks and conditions of life. The politest personal conversations between lovers, &c. On the subjects of love and marriage, equally interesting to parents, guardians, children, and wards. Cards of compliment, proper to be used in courtship by lovers of both sexes, and suited to all the emergencies and situations of human life. Love epistles in verse, written in an elegant style;-and a variety of other poems and necessary particulars, on the important subjects of love and courtship. The whole tending to guide the youthful mind in the most engaging of it's pursuits; to direct each sex how to make a prudent choice in partner for life; to lead to happiness through the paths of virtue and honour and to remove entirely those disagreeable embarrassments, which many persons are under in making proposals of marriage. Published under the direction and inspection of Charles Freeman, Esq. and Mrs. Charlotte Dorrington. Embellished with a beautiful Frontispiece, entirely new.
Date: [1780?]