The academie of eloquence containing a compleat English rhetorique, exemplified with common-places and formes digested into an easie and methodical way to speak and write fluently according to the mode of the present times : together with letters both amorous and moral upon emergent occasions / by Tho. Blount, Gent.
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The academie of eloquence containing a compleat English rhetorique, exemplified with common-places and formes digested into an easie and methodical way to speak and write fluently according to the mode of the present times : together with letters both amorous and moral upon emergent occasions / by Tho. Blount, Gent.
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Blount, Thomas, 1618-1679.
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London :: Printed by T.N. for Humphrey Moseley ...,
1654.
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"The academie of eloquence containing a compleat English rhetorique, exemplified with common-places and formes digested into an easie and methodical way to speak and write fluently according to the mode of the present times : together with letters both amorous and moral upon emergent occasions / by Tho. Blount, Gent." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A28452.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 2, 2024.
XXIX. A Ladies Answer to her servants first letter.
SIR,
THat upon so small acquaintance, you should make mee such friendly and passionate ex∣pressions, I cannot but take as a civility, being apt to make the best construction of every ones actions; yet (Sir) that so many moneths should passe in silence, since I saw you, is enough to make me believe your letter meerly complementall; For these times afford many of your sex, whose pens or tongues can speak one language, and their hearts another When I shall find cause to be∣lieve your professions real, I shall set a greater value upon your respect: Mean time civility invites mee to subscribe my self
Sir,
Your humble servant, V.T.
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