 | 1791 - 542 oldal
...prelent review. " Ta the Right Honourable the Earl of CHESTJÍRFIELD. " February, 1755. " MY LORD, " I HAVE been lately informed, by the proprietor of the World, that two pipers, in which my Dictionary is recommended to tlvpublic, weie written by your Loidihip. To lie fo... | |
 | 1791 - 580 oldal
...of flh power of expreffing them. Ta the Right Hon. tie Earl ofCntsTERFltLI» « MY LORD, Feb. 1755.. I have been lately informed, by the proprietor of the World, that rwo papers, in which шу Dicliomry is recommended «/•ßofwell's Life of Johnfort. recommended to... | |
 | Joseph Towers - 1796 - 464 oldal
...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...the World, that two papers, in which my Dictionary * is recommended to the public, were written by your « lordfhip. To be fo diftinguifhed is an honour,... | |
 | 1796 - 524 oldal
...noblen leiTon to both authors and patrons that Rands upon record in the annals of literary hiilory. '* I have been lately informed by the proprietor of " The World," that two papers in which my Diftianлгу is recommended to the public, were written by your Lordihip. To be fo diftinguiihed,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 640 oldal
...Chesterfield. 303 'To THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE EARL 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 publick, were written by your Lordship. To be so distinguished, is an honour,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 648 oldal
...pages under 'To THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE EARL 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 publick, were written by your Lordship. To be so distinguished, is an honour,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 496 oldal
...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 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,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1804 - 594 oldal
...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 the World, that two papers, in which my Dictionary is recommended to the ptiblic, were written by your Lordship. To be so distinguished, is an honour,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 238 oldal
...Robinson to him for the same purpose. But Johnson rejected the advances of the noble Lord, and spurned his proffered patronage, in the following letter, which...the " World," that two papers in which my dictionary is recommended to the public, were written by your Lordship. To be distinguished is an honour, which... | |
 | John Watkins - 1808 - 568 oldal
...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 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,... | |
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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... 
