| 单词 | the favour of your letter |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe favour of your letter c. A complimentary term for: Communication, letter. (Now, at least in England, almost confined to commercial correspondence.) Also explicitly in †the favour of your letter. ΘΚΠ society > communication > correspondence > letter > [noun] epistleeOE pistleOE writOE letter?c1225 brief1330 writingc1384 missive letter1519 scroll1534 missive?1553 scrieve1581 favour1645 chitty1698 chit1757 mail letter1799 society > communication > correspondence > letter > [noun] > last, next, or your letter yours1536 last1545 next1595 the favour of your letter1706 1645 J. Howell Epistolæ Ho-elianæ iv. viii. 8 Since I was beholden to you for your many favours in Oxford, I have not heard from you. 1679 S. Pepys Let. to Duke of York 9 June The..excuse of my no earlier owing the favour of your Royal Highness's, by Captain Sanders. 1706 Walsh in Pope's Lett. (1735) I. 56 At my return..I receiv'd the favour of your Letter. 1738 B. Franklin Let. 13 Apr. in Wks. (1887) I. 476 I have your favors of the 21st of March. 1751 T. Sharp in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eminent Lit. Men (1843) (Camden) 374 Last post brought me the favour of yours of the 2d instt. 1786 T. Jefferson Writings (1859) II. 3 Your favor of June the 14th is come to hand. 1816 W. Scott Let. 12 Nov. (1933) IV. 287 I have been shockingly negligent in acknowledging your repeated favours. 1865 G. P. Marsh in S. Longfellow Life H. W. Longfellow (1891) III. 56 I received your favor of April 8. < as lemmas |
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