missive
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Yea, & the Rest, who will line up Tomorrow & belabor my Quill, tho’ they hear this Missive is already sent.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson
Besides "The King's Missive," Whittier has written numerous other Quaker poems, the finest of which are "Cassandra Southwick," "The Old South," and the spirited, ringing ballad of "The Exiles."
From John Greenleaf Whittier His Life, Genius, and Writings by Kennedy, W. Sloane
But first a word more about the "King's Missive."
From John Greenleaf Whittier His Life, Genius, and Writings by Kennedy, W. Sloane
But, at the last, a Missive came That put the Copestone to his Fame.
From Collected Poems In Two Volumes, Vol. II by Dobson, Austin
What a pity Schmettau had not been spared this Missive, calculated to produce mere doubt!
From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 19 by Carlyle, Thomas
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