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" World, that two 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 accustomed to favours from the great, I know not well how to receive, or in what... "
Gentleman's Magazine: and Historical Chronicle - Page 592
1791
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Typical Selections from the Best English Authors: With Introductory Notices

English authors - 1869 - 458 pages
...enjoyed. 4, To the Earl of Chesterfield. MY LORD — I have lately been informed, by the proprietor of The World, that two 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 accustomed to favours from...
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Class-book of Science and Literature

Class-book - 1869 - 344 pages
...1709—1784. Letter to the Earl of Chesterfield. 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...
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Home Pictures of English Poets, for Fireside and Schoolroom

Kate Sanborn - 1869 - 306 pages
...Right Honorable the Earl of Chesterfield — "Mr 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 honor, which, being very little...
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Smaller specimens of English literature, with notes. Ed. by W. Smith

sir William Smith - 1869 - 382 pages
...152. LETTEB TO THE EARL OF CHESTERFIELD. 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 bo so distinguished is an honour, which, being very little...
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Gossip about letters and letter-writers

George Seton - 1870 - 276 pages
...EARL OF CHESTERFIELD. February 7th, 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...
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The Philosophy of Language; Or, Language as an Exact Science: Subjectively ...

David Henry Cruttenden - 1870 - 618 pages
...Right Honorable the Earl of Chesterfield; " 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 honor which, being very little...
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The Rudiments of English Grammar and Analysis

Ernest Adams - 1871 - 144 pages
...to that which Providence has decreed to be my lot. /. I have been lately informed by the proprietor of the ' World,' that two papers, in which my Dictionary is recommended to the public, ware written by your Lordship. g. Seven years have now passed since I waited In your outward...
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A Hand-book of English Literature Intended for the Use of High Schools, as ...

Francis Henry Underwood - 1871 - 664 pages
...[Letter to Lord Chesterfield.] February 7, 1755MY 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 honor, which, being very little...
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Literature of the English Language: Comprising Representative Selections ...

Ephraim Hunt - 1872 - 658 pages
...lil/lc jiihes t LETTER TO LORD CHESTERFIELD. 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 honor, which, being very little...
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A Thousand and One Gems of English Prose

1872 - 556 pages
...1709—1784.] TO THE EARL OF CHESTERFIELD. 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...
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