 | William Chauncey Fowler - 1857 - 516 pages
...depend ? What kind of a phrase is all at once .' How is sun, parsed } 10. " To the Right Honourable the Earl of Chesterfield :— " MY LORD, — I have...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 pages
...what does to be depend ? What kind of a phrase is all at once ? How is sun parsed ? 10. " To the Might Honorable the Earl of Chesterfield: " MY LORD, —...little accustomed to favors from the great, I know not how to receive, or in what terms to acknowledge. "When upon some slight encouragement I first visited... | |
 | Abraham Mills - 1858 - 608 pages
...dignified expression of wounded pride and surly independence, is inimitable : — 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,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1858 - 482 pages
...25. TO THE EARL OF CHESTERFIELD. February 7, 1756. " M v LORD, — I have been lately informed, bv the proprietor of ' The World,' that two papers, in...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,... | |
 | Ferdinand E. A. Gasc - 1858 - 362 pages
...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,...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 - 1860 - 960 pages
...of what the world hits so eagerly desired to see. TO THE EARL OF CHESTERFIELD. " February 7. 1755. " hat you gained reputation even by your defeat ; and...reputation you will daily gain, if you keep Lord Auchinleck honour, which, being very little accustomed to favours from the great, I know not well how to receive,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1860 - 950 pages
...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...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 - 1860 - 496 pages
...so eagerly desired to see-. LETTER 25. TO THE EARL OF CHESTERFIELD. February 7,1785. " MY LORD,—I have been lately informed, by the proprietor of '...to the public, were written by your lordship. To be BO distinguished, is an honour, which, being very little accustomed to favours from the great, I know... | |
 | William Francis Collier - 1862 - 678 pages
...preference to heavier specimens of Johnson's style. 350 LETTER TO LOKD CHESTEBF1ELD. February 7th, 1755. MY LORD, I have been lately informed, by the proprietor...written by your Lordship. To be so distinguished is an hononr which, being very little accustomed to favours from the great, I know not well how to receive... | |
 | William Francis Collier - 1862 - 550 pages
...nobleman. We subjoin it, in preference to heavier specimens of Johnson's style. February 7th, 1753. 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... | |
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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... 
