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Epistle in sentence

14 examples of Epistle in a sentence

"Extremely flattering, Major Dunwoodie," muttered the dragoon, as he threw down this epistle, and stalked across the floor to quiet his impatience.
Mr. Pickwick opened the epistle.
The old wharfinger turned the letter over, looked at the front, back, and sides, made a microscopic examination of the fat little boy on the seal, raised his eyes to Mr. Pickwick's face, and then, seating himself on the high stool, and drawing the lamp closer to him, broke the wax, unfolded the epistle, and lifting it to the light, prepared to read.
"What a woman--oh, what a woman!" cried the King of Bohemia, when we had all three read this epistle.
"Here is a very fashionable epistle," I remarked as he entered.
SIMON.'"It is dated from Grosvenor Mansions, written with a quill pen, and the noble lord has had the misfortune to get a smear of ink upon the outer side of his right little finger," remarked Holmes as he folded up the epistle.
"Well?""Well, she must be at her country seat, for she has not answered me.""Truly?""No; so I yesterday addressed another epistle to her, still more pressing than the first.
Aramis uttered a cry of joy at the sight of the seal, kissed the superscription with an almost religious respect, and opened the epistle, which contained what follows:"My Friend, it is the will of fate that we should be still for some time separated; but the delightful days of youth are not lost beyond return.
The other was a large square epistle, resplendent with the terrible arms of his Eminence the cardinal duke.
He therefore seized the little epistle, and opened it eagerly.
"See what she writes to me, Athos," said he.Athos cast a glance over the epistle, and to disperse all the suspicions that might have been created, read aloud:"My cousin, My sister and I are skillful in interpreting dreams, and even entertain great fear of them; but of yours it may be said, I hope, every dream is an illusion.
He sat down accordingly, and indited, in the French language, an epistle of the following tenor:--"Sir Reginald Front-de-Boeuf, with his noble and knightly allies and confederates, receive no defiances at the hands of slaves, bondsmen, or fugitives.
The Prior sat down, and at great leisure indited an epistle to Brian de Bois-Guilbert, and having carefully sealed up the tablets, delivered them to the Jew, saying,"This will be thy safe-conduct to the Preceptory of Templestowe, and, as I think, is most likely to accomplish the delivery of thy daughter, if it be well backed with proffers of advantage and commodity at thine own hand; for, trust me well, the good Knight Bois-Guilbert is of their confraternity that do nought for nought."
Is it not known to thee that the Great Apostle will teach there?""I have been two days from home, hence I did not receive his epistle; and I do not know where Ostrianum is, for I came here not long since from Corinth, where I govern a Christian community.