| Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1843 - 624 pages
...dated in the month of February, 1755. " To the Right Hon. the Earl of CHESTERFIELD. " MY LORD, " I have been lately informed, by the proprietors of The World, that two papera, in which my Dictionary is recommended to the public, were written by your Lordship. To be во... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 pages
...composition is inimitable : — February 7, 1755. My Lord — I have been lately informed by the proprietor w open in short space ; The tollmen thinking as before That Uilpin rode a race. public, were written by your lordship. To be so distinguished is an honour, which, being very little... | |
| John Seely Hart - 1845 - 404 pages
...Letter to Lard Chesterfield. February 7, 1755. My Lord— 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... | |
| James Boswell - 1846 - 602 pages
...first ebullition of temper had subsided, felt that he had been unreasonably violent. — Er.] 112 113 papers, in which my Dictionary is recommended to the publick, were written by your lordship. To be ao distinguished is an honour, which, being very little accustomed to favours from... | |
| James Boswell - 1848 - 374 pages
...OF CHESTERFIELD. " February 7. 1755. " MY LORD, — 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 BO distinguished, is an honour, which, being very little... | |
| James Boswell - 1848 - 1798 pages
...OF CHESTERFIELD. 11 February 7. 1755. " Mr LORD, — I have been lately informed, by the proprietor but that he was, nevertheless, a benevolent good man. JOHNSON. "We can have n public, were written by your lordship. To be so distinguished, is an honour, which, being very little... | |
| Abraham Mills - 1851 - 616 pages
...independence, is inimitable :— February 7, 1755. MY LORD—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... | |
| Mary Russell Mitford - 1852 - 592 pages
...than to literary power. It explains itself: " My Lord, " I have lately been 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 honor which, being very little accustomed... | |
| William Chauncey Fowler - 1851 - 1502 pages
...Right Honorable the Earl of Chesterfield. " MY LORD, " I have been lately informed by the proprietor The Old Slavonian, public, were written by your lordship. To be so distinguished is an honor which, being very little... | |
| Mary Russell Mitford - 1852 - 344 pages
...than to literary power. It explains itself: " My Lord, " I have lately been informed by the proprietor of 'The World/ that two papers in which my Dictionary is recommended to the publiek were written by your Lordship. To be so distinguished is an honour which, being very little... | |
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