Familiar Letters on Various Subjects of Business and Amusement

R. Baldwin, 1754 - English language - 288 pages

CONTENTS	12

Farther Confiderations on Epiftolary Correfpondence	12

To a Mother to thank her for her Care and Tenderness	15

To a Brother concerning a Lady 19	22

A Mother to her Son on his aſking her Approbation	31

From a Youth who is determined to what Profeffion	37

A Gentleman to a Lady requeſting her to accept	43

To a Lady newly married	49

To a Servant who had done a bad Thing by an	142

A Friend and Acquaintance to a Perfon confined	149

A Letter of Advice to a Perfon in Trade from	155

From a Perfon in Trade to his late Mafter thank	157

A Mother to her Son whom he fears getting into	163

Upper Maid Servant	169

To a young Man who had asked the Advance of	175

From an Agent for a Gentleman in the Country	177

To a Lady upon the Death of a near Friend From	55

BOOK III	61

The Anfwer by a Friend of the Lady to whom	64

From a Gentleman who had propoſed himſelf and	70

A Lady to her Lover who fufpects her of receiving	76

To a Friend on his bringing about a Reconciliation	82

requesting the lending a Sum of Money	89

From a Perfon at a Diſtance prudently declining	95

From a Perfon of Quality in anfwer to the Petition	101

From a Nobleman to the Son of a Perfon who	106

From a Dealer who had been prevailed with	112

A Father to whom a Match had been propofed	118

From a Maid Servant in London to her Father	124

An Uncle to a Nephew who had married imprudently	130

A Servant in London to his Father in the Country	136

A young Gentleman at the Univerfity to a Family	183

From the Wife of an Officer whofe Duty has called	187

A Gentleman in the Country to a Widow Lady	194

A Son to a Father afking his Advice about offering	202

From a Friend to a young Man in Buſineſs	208

From a young Perfon told of a Fault by an elder Rela	215

From a Wife to her Husband whom she had found	221

From an Uncle to a Youth in London to advife	228

An Apprentice under fome Uneafinefs in his Situation	235

From a Father to his Son diffatisfied with his	238

From the Gentleman to whom the former was written	244

From an Uncle who had fettled his Nephew in Lon	251

A Son to his Father who had recommended it to	257

was obliged to diſappoint a Party 263 An Excufe from a Lady who had been engaged	263

Title	Familiar Letters on Various Subjects of Business and Amusement
Author	Charles Hallifax
Edition	2
Publisher	R. Baldwin, 1754
Original from	the Complutense University of Madrid
Digitized	27 Nov 2009
Length	288 pages

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