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The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness
·
Florence Hartley
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or,
Mrs.
Howard
regrets
that
the
severe
illness
of
Mr.
Howard
will
render
it
impossible
for
either
herself
or
Mr.
Howard
to
join
Mrs.
Garret's
party
on
Wednesday
next.
Upon
visiting
cards,
left
when
the
caller
is
about
to
leave
the
city,
the
letters
p.
p.
c.
are
put
in
the
left
hand
corner,
they
are
the
abbreviation
of
the
French
words,
pour
prendre
conge,
or
may,
with
equal
propriety,
stand
for
presents
parting
compliments.
Another
form,
p.
d.
a.,
pour
dire
adieu,
may
be
used.
No
accomplishment
within
the
scope
of
human
knowledge
is
so
beautiful
in
all
its
features
as
that
of
epistolary
correspondence.
Though
distance,
absence,
and
circumstances
may
separate
the
holiest
alliances
of
friendship,
or
those
who
are
bound
together
by
the
still
stronger
ties
of
affection,
yet
the
power
of
interchanging
thoughts,
words,
feelings,
and
sentiments,
through
the
medium
of
letters,
adds
a
sweetness
to
the
pain
of
separation,
renovating
to
life,
and
adding
to
happiness.
The
wide
ocean
may
roll
between
those
who
have
passed
the
social
years
of
youth
together,
or
the
snow-capped
Alps
may
rise
in
sublime
grandeur,
separating
early
associates;
still
young
remembrances
may
be
called
up,
and
the
paradise
of
memory
made
to
bloom
afresh
with
unwithered
flowers
of
holy
recollection.
Though
we
see
not
eye
to
eye
and
face
to
face,
where
the
soft
music
of
a
loved
voice
may
fall
with
its
richness
upon
the
ear,
yet
the
very
soul
and
emotions
of
the
mind
may
be
poured
forth
in
such
melody
as
to
touch
the
heart
"that's
far
away,"
and
melt
down
the
liveliest
eye
into
tears
of
ecstatic
rapture.
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