 | Joseph Towers - 1796 - 464 pàgines
...admired. It was as follows ; < To the Right Hon. the Earl of Chefterfield. « My Lord, Feb. 7, 1755. / • I have been lately informed, by the proprietor of...is recommended to the public, were written by your « lordfhip. To be fo diftinguifhed is an honour, « which, being very little accuftomed to favours... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 648 pàgines
...four quarto pages under 'To THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE EARL OF CHESTERFIELD. ,, . 'February 7, 1755. ' MY LORD, ' I have been lately informed, by the proprietor...papers, in which my Dictionary is recommended to the publick, were written by your Lordship. To be so distinguished, is an honour, which, being very little... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 640 pàgines
...to Lord Chesterfield. 303 'To THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE EARL OF CHESTERFIELD. ' February 7, 1755. ' MY LORD, ' I have been lately informed, by the proprietor...papers, in which my Dictionary is recommended to the publick, were written by your Lordship. To be so distinguished, is an honour, which, being very little... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 496 pàgines
...that purpose. (C TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE EARL OP CHESTERFIELD. ." MY LORD, February 7, 1755. f I HAVE been lately informed, by the proprietor of...papers, in which my Dictionary is recommended to the publick, were written by your Lordship. To be so distinguished, is an honour, which, being very little... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1804 - 594 pàgines
...Johnson's Dictionary. 1.1 \ To the Right Hon. the Earl of Chesterfield. " MY LORD, February, 1755. " I have been lately informed, by the proprietor of...papers, in which my Dictionary is recommended to the ptiblic, were written by your Lordship. To be so distinguished, is an honour, which being very little... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 238 pàgines
...noblest lesson to both patrons and authors that stands upon record in the annals of literary history. ' I have been lately informed by the proprietor of the...to the public, were written by your Lordship. To be distinguished is an honour, which being very little accustomed to favours from the great, I know not... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 328 pàgines
...the Right Hon. the EARL O/CHESTERFIELD. " MT LORD, " I HAVE been lately informed by the Proprietors of The World, that two papers, in which my Dictionary...written by your Lordship. To be so distinguished is an honour, which, being very little accustomed to favours from the Great, I know not well how to receive,... | |
 | John Watkins - 1808 - 768 pàgines
...his just contempt, and instead of a dedication, he wrote to his lordship this admirable letter : " My LORD, " I HAVE been lately informed, by the proprietor...papers, in which my Dictionary is recommended to the publick, were written by your lordship. To be so distinguished, is an honour, which, being very little... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1809 - 210 pàgines
...noblest lesson to both patrons and authors that stands upon record in the annals of literary history. " I have been lately informed by the proprietor of the...to the public were written by your Lordship. To be distinguished is an honour, which being very little accustomed to favours from the great, I know not... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1809 - 524 pàgines
...the lofty tone of reprehension which it displays, is, perhaps, unrivalled. " TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE EARL : ' „ OF CHESTERFIELD. " My Lord, " I have...papers, in which my Dictionary is recommended to the publick, were written by your Lordship. To be so distinguished, is an honour, .which, being very little... | |
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I have been lately informed by the proprietor of ' The World,' that two papers, in which my ' Dictionary ' is recommended to the public, were written by your lordship. To be so distinguished, is an honour, which, being very little accustomed to favours... 
