Project Gutenberg 2011-09-11 Public domain in the USA. 100 Donne, John 1572 1631 Donn, John Done, John Merrill, Charles Edmund 1877 1942 Letters to Severall Persons of Honour Produced by Bryan Ness and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive.) "Letters to Severall Persons of Honour" by John Donne is a collection of letters written in the early 17th century. This work features a range of correspondence to various esteemed individuals, showcasing Donne's eloquence and deep reflections on topics such as love, friendship, and mortality. The letters are infused with a poetic quality, signifying Donne's literary prowess and his complex understanding of the human experience. The opening of this collection sets the tone for its introspective nature, as Donne addresses several notable figures, including ladies of honor and esteemed gentlemen. He begins with a dedication to Lady Bridget Dunch, exploring themes like the immortality of the soul and the significance of preserving a legacy through written words. Through a series of intimate letters, Donne reflects on his relationships, the emotional toll of absence, and the solace found in friendship, all while intertwining personal anecdotes with philosophical musings. This establishes a tone of heartfelt longing and intellectual inquiry that characterizes much of the collection. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Donne, John, 1572-1631 -- Correspondence Church of England -- England -- Clergy -- Correspondence Poets, English -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- Correspondence PR Text Browsing: History - Religious Browsing: Literature 463276 463285 2024-09-15T16:31:54.210910 2023-09-16T09:38:51.689706 text/html text/html 472942 2021-01-08T03:38:23 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 282956 2021-01-08T03:38:24 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 367299 2024-09-15T16:32:04.335852 application/epub+zip 372380 2024-09-15T16:31:56.482897 application/epub+zip 237476 2024-09-15T16:31:55.197881 application/epub+zip 707280 2024-09-15T16:32:10.870848 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 588770 2024-09-15T16:32:03.039849 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 454212 2022-09-17T07:17:21.995259 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 393111 392922 2024-09-15T16:31:52.687901 2023-09-16T09:38:50.302657 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 392941 2021-01-08T03:38:24 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 147988 2021-01-08T03:38:24 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 392939 2021-01-08T03:38:23 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 147917 2021-01-08T03:38:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21074 2024-09-15T16:32:11.033802 application/rdf+xml 20285 2024-09-15T16:31:55.600875 image/jpeg 4781 2024-09-15T16:31:55.395893 image/jpeg 341672 2024-09-15T16:31:54.259895 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia