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Letter from the Associate Editor of the New Phineas to J B S Haldane
Date: Apr 1952Reference: HALDANE/3/3/1/2/2Part of: Haldane Papers- Books
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The art of writing. Containing, I. Rules for writing all the hands now in use with Propriety and Elegance. II. An explanation of the different hands, with their Peculiarities and Directions, treating particularly of I. Characters and Proportion. 2. Round and Italian Hands. 3. Old English Text and German Text. 4. Square Text, Engrossing and Court Hand. 5. Roman, Greek and Hebrew Characters. 6. Floures and Abbreviations. 7. Command of Hand, or Striking. 8. English and Latin Copies. By Mr. Ambrose Serle. To which is prefixed, a new mathematical projection on Copper-Plate, shewing plainly by Inspection exact Rules for the true forming every Letter, with their Proportion and Dependence on each other; with a large Explanation of every Part; by Mr. Peter Hudson.
Serle, Ambrose, Author of 'A treatise on the art of writing'.Date: MDCCLXXXII. [1782]- Archives and manuscripts
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Letter from the Features Editor of the Daily Worker to J B S Haldane
Date: 20 Mar 1946Reference: HALDANE/4/20/1/35Part of: Haldane Papers- Books
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A dissertation on the Royal line and first settlers of Scotland. In which the opinion of Doctor Robertson, "that the ancient Britons were indebted to the Romans for the art of writing, and the use of numbers," is fairly considered; and the Place determined whereon was fought the terrible Battle of the Grampian Hills. The whole contained in a Letter to the Authors of the Monthly Review. By Andrew Henderson, Author of The History of the Rebellion.
Henderson, Andrew, active 1734-1775.Date: MDCCLXXI. [1771]- Archives and manuscripts
Letter to The Times about retirement benefits
Date: Apr 1974Reference: PP/BOW/K.9/14Part of: Bowlby, (Edward) John (Mostyn) (1907-1990)- Books
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The complete letter-writer; or, polite English secretary. Containing familiar letters on the most common occasions in life. Also a variety of more elegant letters for examples and improvement of style, from the best modern Authors, together with many Originals, on Business, Duty, Amusement, Affection, Courtship, Marriage, Friendship, and Other Subjects. To which is prefix'd, a plain and compendious grammar of the English tongue. also Directions for writing Letters; And how to address Persons of all Ranks, either in Writing or Discourse; and some necessary Orthographical Directions. To which is now first added, a few select Letters, By the late Rev. Laurence Sterne and others. With some Observations on Letter-Writing, and of the Knowledge of the World, By the late Earl of Chesterfield, In his Advice to his Son.
Date: 1778- Books
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A vindication of Mr. George Buchanan in two parts. part I. Vindicating him from the vile aspersion cast on him by Camden, That he repented, when dying, of what he wrote against Mary Queen of Scots: Which Falshood has been since retailed and propagated by Messieurs Sage and Ruddiman. Part II. Vindicating him from the horrible ingratitude he is charged with to Q. Mary, in extolling her so high in his Dedication of his Paraphrase of the Psalms, and thereafter writing so bitterly against her in the Detection and History. With, An Appendix, Containing a Letter from the Illustrious Mons. de Thou President of the Parliament of Paris, to Mr. William Camden, relating to Q. Mary's Reign, and apologizing for his following Buchanan in his Narration thereof: With a Translation of that Letter.
Love, John, 1695-1750.Date: M.DCC.XLIX. [1749]- Archives and manuscripts
Draft of letter to The Times in reply to Cecilia Gerrard about psychiatrists and the family
Date: Jun 1971Reference: PP/BOW/K.9/8Part of: Bowlby, (Edward) John (Mostyn) (1907-1990)- Archives and manuscripts
Campaign letter writing correspondence and information
Date: 1985-1989Reference: SA/MED/F/3Part of: Medact- Books
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Letters to Serena: containing, I. The origin and force of prejudices. II. The History of the Soul's Immortality among the Heathens. III. The Origin of Idolatry, and Reasons of Heathenism. As also, IV. A letter to a gentleman in Holland, showing Spinosa's System of Philosophy to be without any Principle or Foundation. V. Motion essential to Matter; in Answer to some Remarks by a Noble Friend on the Confutation of Spinosa. To all which is prefix'd, VI. A preface; being a Letter to a Gentleman in London, sent together with the foregoing Dissertations, and declaring the several Occasions of writing them. By Mr. Toland.
Toland, John, 1670-1722.Date: M.DCC.IV. [1704]- Archives and manuscripts
Chapter 7, notes "Includes a letter from Arnold Tustin, Apr 1968
Date: 1968Reference: PP/BOW/K.4/6Part of: Bowlby, (Edward) John (Mostyn) (1907-1990)- Pictures
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World War I: a soldier writing a letter home. Colour process print, ca. 1916.
Date: [ca. 1916]Reference: 2060363iPart of: The James Gardiner Collection.- Archives and manuscripts
'Chapter 17: ontogeny IV, theory: notes' "Includes letter from Mary Ainsworth, Sep 1967"
Date: 1967Reference: PP/BOW/K.4/11Part of: Bowlby, (Edward) John (Mostyn) (1907-1990)- Archives and manuscripts
'Chapter 12: nature and function, notes' "Includes a letter from Robert Hinde, Mar 1966"
Date: 1966Reference: PP/BOW/K.4/8Part of: Bowlby, (Edward) John (Mostyn) (1907-1990)- Pictures
Page 164: two images of women in their traditional costume with one writing a letter. Watercolour drawing.
Reference: 27534i- Books
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Every man his own letter-writer: or, the new and complete art of letter-writing made plain and familiar to every capacity. Containing a collection of upwards of two hundred original letters, On the most interesting, important, and instructive Subjects, and adapted for general Use and Benefit, by directing every Person to indite Letters, without any other Assistance, on all the various Occasions of Life. But more particularly on the following Heads, viz. Adversity, Advice, Affection, Ambition, Anger, Avarice, Benevolence, Business, Centure, Charity, Confidence, Condolance, Courtship, Dependance, Diligence, Duty, Education, Emulation, Excellence, Fame, Fidelity, Flattery, Folly, Friendship, Frugality, Generosity, Gratitude, Guilt, Happiness, Honour, Hope, Humanity, Indiscretion, Indolence, Integrity, Industry, Justice, Learning, Love, Marriage, Modesty, Moderation, Morality, Negligence, Passion, Patience, Peevishness, Piety, Pleasure, Politeness, Pride, Prodigality, Prudence, Reproof, Religion, Retirement, Secrecy, Shame, Sobriety, Solitude, Temptation, Trade, Truth, Variety, Vice, Virtue, Understanding, Wisdom, Wit, Letter-Writing. To which is added, A Collection of Complimentary Cards, with Directions for addressing Persons of all Ranks and Conditions. Likewise a new System of English Oratory, containing the Art of speaking in Public with Propriety and Elegance. Also The Art of pleasing in Conversation, with Rules and Maxims to form the polite and entertaining Companion. To which are prefixed, A Plain and Familiar Grammar, or an easy Guide to the Knowledge of the English Tongue. With general Directions for writing Letters to all Ranks of People. The Whole adapted to the Genius, Taste, and Manners of the present Times, and containing a greater Number of Original Letters than were ever published in a single Collection before. By the Reverend James Wallace, D.D. and Charles Townshend, A.M.
Wallace, James, D.D.Date: [1782?]- Archives and manuscripts
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Writing of letter to The Times signed by eminent supporters of Centre
Date: Feb-Mar 1933Reference: SA/PHC/B.2/6Part of: Pioneer Health Centre Peckham, with papers of George Scott Williamson MD (1884-1953) and Innes Hope Pearse (1889-1978)- Archives and manuscripts
Audrey Amiss sketchbook: Pagoda at Kew, St James's Park, dahlia, "mam" writing a letter (1970s-1980s)
Date: 1970s-1980sReference: PP/AMI/B/65dPart of: Audrey Amiss Archive- Pictures
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Sakuntalā writing a letter on a leaf in a daydream with two others. Chromolithograph by R. Varma.
Ravi Varma, 1848-1906.Date: [after 1900] :Reference: 26605i- Books
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The complete letter writer, or Young secretary's instructor. Containing a great variety of letters on friendship, duty, love, marriage, amusement, business, &c. To which are prefixed, plain instructions for writing letters on all occasions. By H.W. [i.e., W.H]. Dilworth, A.M.
Dilworth, W. H.Date: 1793- Archives and manuscripts
'Maternal Mortality' The Nation
Date: 1930Reference: PP/BOW/K.9/16Part of: Bowlby, (Edward) John (Mostyn) (1907-1990)- Books
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The new art of letter-writing, divided into two parts: the first, containing rules and directions ... The second, a collection of letters ... By a gentleman of fortune, ...
Gentleman of fortune.Date: 1762- Books
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A discourse concerning ridicule and irony in writing, in a letter To the Reverend Dr. Nathanael Marshall.
Collins, Anthony, 1676-1729.Date: 1729- Archives and manuscripts
'Existential psycho-analysis', New Society
Date: Oct-Dec 1965Reference: PP/BOW/K.9/5Part of: Bowlby, (Edward) John (Mostyn) (1907-1990)- Pictures
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An Egyptian man sits beside his hooka writing a letter, he is watched by his client, a woman. Coloured lithograph by L. Haghe, c. 1849, after D. Roberts.
Roberts, David, 1796-1864.Date: 1849Reference: 25652i