 | Ernest Adams - 1871 - 144 pages
...person of a sovereign priuce, I willingly submit to that which Providence has decreed to be my lot. /. I have been lately informed by the proprietor of the...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 rooms... | |
 | 1872 - 556 pages
...that as it was acquired by one revolution, it may be lost by another. SAMUEL JOHNSON. 1709—1784.] TO THE EARL OF CHESTERFIELD. My LORD— I have been lately...written by your lordship. To be so distinguished, is an honour, which, being very little accustomed to favours from thegreat, I know not well how to receive,... | |
 | 1872 - 660 pages
...fable about 'little Jishes, doctor, you would make the little fishet talk tike whales." LETTER TO LORD CHESTERFIELD. My Lord, — I have been lately informed...recommended to the public, were written by your lordship. To bo so distinguished is an honor, which, being very little accustomed to favors from the great, I know... | |
 | James Boswell - 1873 - 620 pages
...to see : — ' 10 THK EIGHT HONOURABLE THE EABL OÏ CHESTEBFIELD. '.February?, 1755. ' MY LOKD, — I have been lately informed, by the proprietor of...to the public, were written by your lordship. To be во distinguished is an honour which, being very little accustomed to favours from the great, I know... | |
 | James Boswell, William Wallace - 1873 - 612 pages
...desired to see :— 'TO THE BIGHT HONOURABLE THE EABL OP CHESTEBFIELD. 'February!, 1755. 'MY LOBD, — I have been lately informed, by the proprietor of...to the public, were written by your lordship. To be во distinguished is an honour which, being very little accustomed to favours from the great, I know... | |
 | Alexander Main - 1874 - 482 pages
...in all literature : — "TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE EARL OF CHESTERFIELD. " February 7, 1755. . " MY LORD, " I have been lately informed by the proprietor...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,... | |
 | Alexander Main - 1874 - 480 pages
...all literature :— " TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE EARL OF CHESTERFIELD. " MY LORD, "February 7, 1755. "I have been lately informed by the proprietor of...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,... | |
 | ALEXANDER MAIN - 1874 - 484 pages
...literature :— " TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE EARL OF CHESTERFIELD. " MY LORD, " February 7, 1755. " I have been lately informed by the proprietor of '...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,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1874 - 602 pages
...has so eagerly desired to see. To the Right Honourable the Earl of CHESTERFIELD. "February, 1755. " 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... | |
 | Jakob Olaus Løkke - 1875 - 556 pages
...for our language. 2. TO THE EARL OF CHESTERFIELD. February 7, 1755. 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 honour, which, being very little accustomed to favours from the great, I know not well how to receive,... | |
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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... 
