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
| James Boswell - 1831 - 600 страници
...transcript of what the world has so eagerly desired to see. "TO THE EARL OF CHESTERFIELD. " 7th February, 1755. " MY LORD, — I have been lately informed,...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... | |
| James Boswell - 1831 - 604 страници
...transcript of what the world has so eagerly desired to see. "TO THE EARL OF CHESTERFIELD. " 7th February, 1755. " MY LORD, — I have been lately informed,...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... | |
| James Boswell - 1831 - 602 страници
...transcript of what the world has so eagerly desired to see. "TO THE EARL OF CHESTERFIELD. " 7* February, 1755. " MY LORD, — I have been lately informed,...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... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1832 - 310 страници
...WOETHLESSNESS OF THE PATRONAGE OF " THB GREAT." Dr. Johnson's celebrated Letter to Lord Chesterfield.* My Lord, — I HAVE been lately informed, by the proprietor of THE WORLD, f that two papers, in which my dictionary is recommended to the public, were written by your Lordship.... | |
| James Boswell - 1833 - 1182 страници
...violent — Er>.] pipers, iu which my Dictionary is recommcadrd lo the publick, were written by »our lordship. To be so distinguished is an honour, which, being very little accustomed to ftvuors from the great, I know not well how lo receive, or in what terms to acknowl:Wheji, upon some... | |
| Samuel Kirkham - 1834 - 360 страници
...not, unse. l— not, Gda'pl. 0Sl'l4nt. SECTION XII. Dr. Johnson'i Letter to 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... | |
| Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1834 - 630 страници
...the Right Hon. the Earl of CHESTERFIELD. " MY LORD, " I have been lately informed, by the proprietors Dearborn vour Lordship. To be so distinguished, is an honour which, being very little accustomed to favours... | |
| James Boswell - 1835 - 604 страници
...what the world has so eagerly desired to see. "TO THE EARL OF CHESTERFIELD. " 7th February, 17Mw " hall see] neglect what he had undertaken. By his interest with the Rev. Dr. Adams, ma 1 [It docs not appear that there was any thing like "device" or " artifice." — ED.] 1 Dr. Johnson... | |
| 1836 - 342 страници
...WORCESTER. MISCELLANEOUS LETTERS. Dr. Johnson to the Right Honourable the Earl of Chesterfield. February, 1755. MY LORD, I HAVE been lately informed by the...proprietor of the World, that two papers, in which my Die. tionary is recommended to the public, were written by your lordship. To be so distinguished is... | |
| 1838 - 1050 страници
...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 World,' that two papers, in which my dictionary s recommended to the public, were written by your lordship. To be distinguished is an honour, which,... | |
| |