 | James Boswell - 1860 - Страниц: 496
...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... | |
 | Alphonse Mariette - 1860 - Страниц: 404
...CHESTERFIELD.t MY LORD,—I have lately been informed by the proprietor of the World, that two papers, 8 in which my " Dictionary" is recommended to the public,...were written by your Lordship. To be so distinguished 9 1 Ey retaliating on the, en rendant aux— z as a as a, comme un 6 he deemed it policy, il considerait... | |
 | William Francis Collier - 1862 - Страниц: 550
...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 of...to receive or in what terms to acknowledge. When, with some slight encouragement, I first visited your Lordship, I was overpowered, like the rest of... | |
 | William Francis Collier - 1862 - Страниц: 678
...heavier specimens of Johnson's style. 350 LETTER TO LOKD CHESTEBF1ELD. February 7th, 1755. MY LORD, I have been lately informed, by the proprietor of...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... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1863 - Страниц: 788
...perhaps, unequalled in English literature. TO TI1E RJ.OHT HONORABLE THE BAIL OF CHESTERFIELD. Mr LORD : I have been lately informed, by the proprietor of...written by your lordship. To be so distinguished, is an honor, which, being very little accustomed to favors from the great, I know not well how to receive,... | |
 | Alphonse Mariette - 1863 - Страниц: 400
...and died in 1784. t Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield, was born in 1694, and died in 1773. "Dictionary" is recommended to the public, were written by your Lordship. To be so distinguished l is an honour which, being very little accustomed to favours from the great, I know not well 2 how... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1865 - Страниц: 784
...ocrhaps, unequalled in English literature. TO THE RIOIIT HONORABLE THE EA IL OF CHESTERFIELD. Mi LORD : I have been lately informed, by the proprietor of...written by your lordship. To be so distinguished, is an honor, which, being very little accustomed to favors from the great, I know not well how to receive,... | |
 | James Philemon Holcombe - 1866 - Страниц: 548
...XII.— OX THE PUBLICATION OF HIS DICTIONARY. Dr. Johnson to Lord ChaterfiM* February, 1755. Mr LOKD : I have been lately informed by the proprietor of the...written by your Lordship. To be so distinguished is an honor which, being very little accustomed to favors from the great, I know not well how to receive,... | |
 | James Philemon Holcombe - 1866 - Страниц: 540
...by your Lordship. To be so distinguished is an honor which, being very little accustomed to favors from the great, I know not well how to receive, or in what terms to acknowledge. * When Johnson determined to write an English dictionary, he addressed the prospectus to Lord Chesterfield,... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - 1862 - Страниц: 610
...it thuiild be put into the hanfh of every young gentleman." LETTER TO LORD CHESTERFIELD. My Lord: 1. I have been lately informed by the proprietor of the...written by your lordship. To be so distinguished is an honor, which, being very little accustomed to favors from the great, I know not well how to receive,... | |
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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. To be so distinguished, is an... 
