In a former letter I have already mentioned the heterogeneous composition of the Senate.
I have already mentioned in a former letter that it was Count von Haugwitz who, in 1792, as Prussian Ambassador at Vienna, arranged the treaty which then united the Austrian and Prussian Eagles against the Jacobin Cap of Liberty.
I mentioned to you, in a former letter, the application I had made to the Dutch ambassadors and Prussian envoy, for the protection of Mr. Dumas.
In a former letter, I mentioned to you the dislocation of my wrist.
I remember you asked me in a former letter, whether the steam-mill in London was turned by the steam immediately, or by the intermediate agency of water raised by the steam.
I wrote you, in a former letter, on the subject of a Mr. Paradise, who owns an estate in Virginia in right of his wife, and who has a considerable sum due to him in our loan office.
Gentlemen, In a former letter I mentioned a naval enterprise, which might at first appear romantic, but the more it is considered the less danger I shall be in of being taxed on that score.
But others, by exhibiting what I may venture to describe as an ignoratio elenchi, have made it desirable to recall attention to the specific purport of my former letter.
You may perhaps, therefore, allow me in the meantime to supplement my former letter by a few remarks, partly suggested by what has since been written upon the subject.
I remember you asked me, in a former letter, whether the steam mill in London was turned by the steam immediately, or by the intermediate agency of water raised by the steam.
If you have received my former letter, you will find your question relative to the continuance of your correspondence already answered.
You therein speak of a former letter to me, but it has not come to hand, nor any other of later date than the 14th of December.
SIR,--I apprised you in my former letter of the causes which had so long delayed my departure.
In a former letter, I mentioned to you the failure of the vein of our lead mines, which has left the army here in a state of equal distress and danger.
In a second article upon the same subject the Daily Telegraph had expressed surprise at Mr. Ruskin’s former letter.
In my former letter, permit me to correct the misprint of “works” in Regent Street for “wares.
SIR: Your obliging insertion of my former letter encourages me to trouble you with one or two further notes respecting the pre-Raphaelite pictures.
Italian poetry which you mentioned in a former letter, and which my book somewhat recalled to your mind.
Later he wrote: As you know, I want to contribute to your volume if I can do so without fear of the consequences hinted at in a former letter as likely to ensue, so I now enclose a sonnet of my own.
You speak, in a former letter (touching the continuation of Christabel), of "a certain European magazine.
The insects to which this duty is intrusted have been already mentioned in a former letter (p.
All the other directions, which I gave you in my former letter, hold still the same.
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