 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...  The Life of Samuel Johnson - Page 72by James Boswell - 1873 - 576 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Samuel Johnson - 1879 - 510 pages
...indignant epistolary composition which our language contains : — 'February 7, 1755. ' MY LORD, — I have been lately informed, by the proprietor of...to the public, were written by your lordship. To be so distinguished, is an honour, which, being very little accustomed to favours from the great, I know... | |
 | Edward Tuckerman Mason - 1879 - 348 pages
...desired to see: "To the Right Honorable the Earl of Chesterfield. " February 7,1775. "Mr LORD, — I have been lately informed, by the proprietor of...to the public, were written by your lordship. To be so distinguished is an honor which, being very little accustomed to favors from the great, I know not... | |
 | Horace Hills Morgan - 1880 - 476 pages
...will come uncalled into his thoughts 40 to-morrow. LETTER TO THE EARL OF CHESTERFIELD. MY LORD — I have been lately informed, by the proprietor of...to the public, were written by your lordship. To be so distinguished is an honour, which, being very little accustomed to s favours from the great, I know... | |
 | Joseph Angus - 1880 - 726 pages
...— all combine to excite respect and admiration. Letter to the Earl of Chesterfield. My Lord, — I have been lately informed, by the proprietor of...to the public, were written by your lordship. To be so distinguished, is an honour, which, being very little accustomed to favours from the great, I know... | |
 | 1880 - 556 pages
...his mind in a letter which was not published till it came out in Boswell's biography " My Lord.— I have been lately informed by the proprietor of the...to the public, were written by your lordship. To be so distinguished is an honour which, being very little accuetomed to f avonrs from the great, I know... | |
 | William Swinton - 1880 - 694 pages
...through him, of the listening world, that patronage should be no more."] MY LORD, — I have lately been informed by the proprietor of The World that two papers...to the public were written by your lordship. To be so distinguished is an honor which, being very little accustomed to favors from the great, I know not... | |
 | English dictation - 1881 - 156 pages
...Burleigh in the various malversations and oppressions of the most unworthy favourite. LXXXIV. My Lord, — I have been lately informed by the proprietor of the...to the Public were written by your lordship. To be so distinguished is an honour, which, being very little accustomed to favours from the great, I know... | |
 | Alfred Hix Welsh - 1883 - 586 pages
...condensed vigor, and chiselled diction are admirably typical of the writer and his style: ' MY LORD :— I have been lately informed, by the proprietor of...to the public, were written by your lordship. To be so distinguished, is an honor which, being very little accustomed to favors from the great, I know... | |
 | Joseph Fitzgerald Molloy - 1883 - 424 pages
...too often quoted only partially, we give it entire : — To the Earl of Chesterfield. ' MY LORD, ' I have been lately informed, by the proprietor of...to the public, were written by your lordship. To be so distinguished is an honour which, being very little accustomed to favours from the great, I know... | |
 | Joseph Fitzgerald Molloy - 1883 - 426 pages
...too often quoted only partially, AVC give it entire : — To the Earl of Chesterfield. ' MY LORD, ' I have been lately informed, by the proprietor of...to the public, were written by your lordship. To be so distinguished is an honour which, being very little accustomed to favours from the great, I know... | |
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