 | Abel Stevens, James Floy - 1853 - 588 pàgines
...EIOBT HOs. THE EARL OF CHESTERFIELD. "Fehruary 7, 1775. " MY LORD, — I have heen lately informed hy the proprietor of ' The World,' that two papers, in which my 'Dictionary' is recommended to the puhlic, were written hy your lordship. To he so distinguished is an honor which, heing very little... | |
 | Abel Stevens, James Floy - 1853 - 594 pàgines
...therefore given in full : — "TO THE R10UT HON. THE XABL Or CHESTERFIELD. " Rbruary 7, 1775. "My LORD, — I have been lately informed by the proprietor of 'The World,' that two papers, iu which my ' Dictionary' is recommended to the public, were written by your lordship. To be so distinguished... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1855 - 580 pàgines
...to personal character than to literary power. It explains itself : " My Lord, " I have lately been informed by the proprietor of ' The World,' that two...written by your Lordship. To be so distinguished is an honor which, being very little accustomed to favors from the great, I know not well how to receive,... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1856 - 800 pàgines
...unequalled in English literature. TO -I'll i: RIGHT HONORABLE THE EARL OF CHESTERFIELD. Mr LORD : "t 1 have been lately informed, by the proprietor of The...written by your lordship. To be so distinguished, is an honor, which, being very little accustomed to favors from the great, I know not well how to receive,... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1848 - 786 pàgines
...perhaps, unequalled in English literature. TO THE RIGHT HONORABLE THE EARL OF CHESTERFIELD. HT LOBD : I have been lately informed, by the proprietor of...written by your lordship. To be so distinguished, is an honor, which, being very little accustomed to favors from the great, I know not well how to receive,... | |
 | William Chauncey Fowler - 1857 - 516 pàgines
....' How is sun, parsed } 10. " To the Right Honourable the Earl of Chesterfield :— " MY LORD, — I have been lately informed by the proprietor of the...to the public, were written by your lordship. To be to distinguished is an honour which, being very little accustomed to favours from the great, I know... | |
 | William Chauncey Fowler - 1858 - 424 pàgines
...at once ? How is sun parsed ? 10. " To the Might Honorable the Earl of Chesterfield: " MY LORD, — I have been lately informed by the proprietor of the...written by your lordship. To be so distinguished is an honor which, being very little accustomed to favors from the great, I know not how to receive, or in... | |
 | Ferdinand E. A. Gasc - 1858 - 362 pàgines
...regarded with pious affection. — (SYDNEY SMITH.) DR. JOHNSON TO THE EARL OF CHESTERFIELD. MY LORD, — I have been lately informed, by the proprietor of the " World," that two papers,8 in which my Dictionary is recommended to the public, were written by your Lordship. To be... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1859 - 780 pàgines
...perhaps, unequalled in English literature. TO THE RIGHT HONORABLE THE EARL OF CHESTERFIELD. Mr LORD : I have been lately informed, by the proprietor of...written by your lordship. To be so distinguished, is an honor, which, being very little accustomed to favors from the great, I know not well how to receive,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1860 - 950 pàgines
...world has so eagerly desired to see. TO THE EARL OF CHESTERFIELD. " February 7. 1755. " Mr I in. M, — I have been lately informed, by the proprietor of...from the great, I know not well how to receive, or iu what terms to acknowledge. " When, upon some slight encouragement, I first visited your lordship,... | |
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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... 
