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18th Century Formal Examples

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Hello! How are you doing today?

18th Century Formal

Good morrow! How dost thou fare this day?

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I can't believe what just happened to me.

18th Century Formal

I can scarce credit the extraordinary occurrence which hath so unexpectedly befallen me.

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The weather outside is absolutely beautiful.

18th Century Formal

One is scarcely prepared for so unalloyed a fair sky, yet Providence has this day deigned to bestow upon us an uncommon and felicitous temper.

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I'm running a bit late — please wait for me.

18th Century Formal

Pray pardon my slight delay; I find myself, through unforeseen circumstance, somewhat detained — I beg you to await my arrival.

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This is the best thing I've ever experienced.

18th Century Formal

I dare assert, without the faintest hesitation, that I have never before encountered a pleasure so exquisite as this.

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Have you eaten anything yet today?

18th Century Formal

Pray, hast thou yet partaken of any repast this day?

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I really need your help with something important.

18th Century Formal

I find myself in urgent need of your assistance in a matter of the utmost importance.

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Life is too short to waste on boring things.

18th Century Formal

The term of our mortal existence is brief beyond measure; to devote it to endeavors so wearisome and uninspired is a lamentable abuse of our limited days.

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