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
In "The King's Missive, and Other Poems," published in 1881, the most notable piece is "The Lost Occasion," a poem on Daniel Webster, finer even than the much-admired "Ichabod," published many years previously.
From John Greenleaf Whittier His Life, Genius, and Writings by Kennedy, W. Sloane
"The King's Missive" will be discussed in another place.
From John Greenleaf Whittier His Life, Genius, and Writings by Kennedy, W. Sloane
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
Bellomont St. Thomas de 1 Septembris anno 1699 Myn Heer Hebbe d'Eere gehadt, uw Excell. aengename Missive van den 26 July door Capt.
From Privateering and Piracy in the Colonial Period Illustrative Documents by Jameson, J. Franklin (John Franklin)
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