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I prefer "Esqr." to "Mr." merely because it makes it easier to assort the daily mail; "Mr.," "Mrs.," and "Miss" are so easily taken for one another on an envelope, and particularly at Christmas time this more distinctly legible title avoids, the deplorable misdirection of the secrets of Santa Claus; aside from that I am happy to be addressed merely by my name, like any other sovereign.
Breock, close to Wadebridge: "John Tregeagle, of Trevorder, Esqr., 1679." His story forms a curious mixture of the recent and the prehistoric. We see that a man named Tregeagle truly lived and died something more than two centuries ago; but the Tregeagle or Tergagle of legend belongs to folk-lore rather than to modern social life.
While she contemplated these things the long hand of the white marble tombstone clock moved from the hour to the quarter. She was reading the inscription, in black letters, on the golden plinth: "Presented to Thomas Smythe-Caulfield, Esqr., M.P., by the Council and Teachers of St. Paul's Schools, Durlingham" "Presented" when Mrs. Smythe-Caulfield came in. A foolish, overblown, conceited face.
As the Sacs and Foxes were active participators in this attack, no apology is necessary for introducing the following graphic account of it, from the pen of Wilson Primm, Esqr. of St. Louis.
"I, John Harris, of Willdon, in the parish of Hastlebury, in the county of Worcester, yeoman, for and in consideration of ten shillings of lawful English money this day received of Henry Herbert of Ribbesford, in the said county, Esqr., and of thirty shillings more of like money by him promised to be hereafter pay'd me, do hereby covenant and promise to and with the said Henry Herbert, his exors and admors, that I will, from the day of the date hereof, untill the first day of March next, well and sufficiently mayntayne and keepe a Spanile Bitch named Quand, this day delivered into my custody by the said Henry Herbert, and will, before the first day of March next, fully and effectually traine up and teach the said Bitch to sitt Partridges, Pheasants, and other game, as well and exactly as the best sitting Doggers usually sett the same.
I beg you will do me the Honour of making my Compliments to your unknown Lady, and believe me to be with the highest Esteem, Respect, Love, and Gratitude "Sir, "Y'r most obliged "Most obed't "humble Servant "Henry Fielding. "To the Hon'ble "George Lyttelton, Esqr."
Of this fact there is complete demonstration in a glance at the dignitaries who presided at one of the earliest witchcraft trials men of notable ancestry, of learning, of achievements, leaders in colonial affairs, whose memories are honored to this day. Hopkins Esqr., Gournor John Haynes Esqr. Deputy, Mr. Wells, Mr. Woolcott, Mr. Webster, Mr. Cullick, Mr. Clarke.
"The letters in question have the dates, addresses, and signatures here following: New York, June 12th, 1776. To Mr. Lund Washington, at Mount Vernon, Fairfax county, Virginia. June 18th, 1776. To John Parke Custis, Esqr., at the Hon Benedict Calvert's Esqr., Mount Airy, Maryland. New York, July 8th, 1776. To Mr. Lund Washington, Mount Vernon, Fairfax county, Virginia. New York, July 16th, 1776.
The permit or passport read as follows: Permit the bearer, Charles * Godfrey, * Esqr., to pass from river St John in Nova Scotia with his family to any part of New England. After a few words of conversation with the Captain and his wife, the messenger took his departure. No time was lost in preparing to escape. Mrs.
In May a connection with Hammersmith is indicated, in the burial there of his little daughter Louisa. The entry in the Hammersmith Registers is as follows: "May 10th. Louisa, d. of Henry Fielding Esqr." The nearer Fielding's life draws to its premature close, the greater his physical suffering, so much the more eager seems his desire to leave behind him some practical achievement.
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