 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.  Wit and Wisdom of Samuel Johnsonпо Samuel Johnson, George Birkbeck Norman Hill - 1888 - 323 странициПълен достъп - Информация за книгата
 | Samuel Johnson - 1804 - 594 страници
...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 страници
...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 - 350 страници
...Honourable the Earl of CHESTERFIELD. " My LORD, " I have been lately informed, by the pro-. " prietors of The World, that two papers, in " which my Dictionary is recommended to the " publick, were written by your Lordship. TQ " be so distinguished is an honour which, being " very... | |
 | John Watkins - 1808 - 768 страници
...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 страници
...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 страници
...it displays, is, perhaps, unrivalled. " TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE EARL : ' „ OF CHESTERFIELD. " 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... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1809 - 530 страници
...which it displays, is, perhaps, unrivalled. " TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE KARL ' OF CHESTERFIELD. '' 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... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1809 - 520 страници
...reprehension which it displays, is, perhaps, unrivalled. " TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE EARL OF CHESTERFIELD. " 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... | |
 | Elegant epistles - 1812 - 316 страници
...LETTER II. DR. JOHNSON TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE TUP. EARL OF CHESTERFIELD. MY LORI), ' February, 1753. I HAVE been lately informed, by the proprietor of...very little accustomed to favours from the great, 1 know not well how to receive, or in what tenr.s to acknowledge. When, upon some slight encouragement,... | |
 | Francis Wrangham - 1816 - 532 страници
...resentment. What "My LORD, Feb. 7, 1754. " I have been lately informed, by the proprietor of the ' \Vorld,' that two papers, in which my 'Dictionary' is recommended...is an honour which, being very little accustomed to the favours of the great, I know not well how to receive, or in what terms to acknowledge. " When upon... | |
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